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12. Le Temps says that four

Sun May 7, 2017, 12:56 PM

May 2017

polling groups are calling the election for Macron! There are still a couple minutes before the polls close in the big cities.

https://www.letemps.ch/monde/2017/05/07/emmanuel-macron-president

It looks as if France dodged the Le Pen bullet. Thank heavens!

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Rough translation: Macron @ 61.5%, with 63% of votes in! Sculpin Beauregard May 2017 #1

This is glorious. She's a proxy for trump. DemocratSinceBirth May 2017 #3

They're predicting a final turnout of 75% dalton99a May 2017 #2

Frappons un coup de droite. L. Coyote May 2017 #5

C'est bien! Formidable! Sculpin Beauregard May 2017 #6

The French are much better at handling despot leaders than we are. Baitball Blogger May 2017 #7

That's three and a half hours (or more) before polls close muriel_volestrangler May 2017 #8

That's what I thought it said. PoindexterOglethorpe May 2017 #9

The margin in the opinion polls have all been around a 20% lead muriel_volestrangler May 2017 #10

The French press is somewhat hamstrung in BlueMTexpat May 2017 #11

Le Temps says that four BlueMTexpat May 2017 #12