I like the fact that they do their elections in two phases.
The first part of the election is like ours. Tons of candidates. Here is the cool part. If no candidate gets more than fifty per cent there is a run off shortly after the general election betwixt the top two candidates. So, unlike Canada where you can form a government with the support of about 40 per cent of the electorate ala Stephen Harper, in France it is ultimately 50 plus 1.
They also go out and vote. In the Globe and Mail it is reported that "...the IFOP polling firm projected at 81.5 per cent." When you factor in the fact that a lot of people are dis interested, clueless or incapable of voting, 81.5 means pretty much everybody is voting.
WFDS
No comments:
Post a Comment