Last poll for Paris Mayor's Race. Tomorrow is the final vote. Grégoire (Socialist) is at 45.5%. Rachida Dati (Right-Wing) is at 44.5%. Chikirou (Leftist) is at 10%.

Whoever is first becomes Paris Mayor.

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ardorhb@discuss.tchncs.de · 23 pts · 176d (2 replies)

How did we reach the point that nearly all elections in the last month to years basically end up being 50/50?

zaphod@sopuli.xyz · 16 pts · 176d

In this case it's the two round voting system used in france, the first round looked very different.

birdwing@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 6 pts · 176d

Polarisation.

Wudi@feddit.uk · 20 pts · 176d (2 replies)
brucethemoose@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 175d (1 reply)

I don’t speak French.

But still, taking your word and the jist of the articles… Is this well known in Paris?

Wudi@feddit.uk · 5 pts · 175d

The kind of people who vote for her don't do that kind of deep research.

On the 3th of october 2023, the newspaper Le Monde published an extremely well-writen investigation about her behavior. Because she is the girlfriend of Jean-Luc Mélenchon, her party boss, she doesn't hesitate to humiliate people:

https://www.lemonde.fr/societe/article/2023/10/03/pourquoi-la-justice-enquete-sur-la-deputee-lfi-sophia-chikirou_6192142_3224.html

On the 6th of october, 3 days later, Jean-Luc Mélenchon was visiting Morocco. Believing he was far from any french journalists, he made this confession to Moroccan students:

I don't care about what's in the press. Who reads newspapers? People prefer to watch our viral videos. We are in the amazing age of social media

https://www.lefigaro.fr/politique/lfi-melenchon-prefere-sa-communication-video-qui-se-compte-en-millions-aux-articles-lus-par-des-milliers-de-personnes-20231005

finalaccountforreal@piefed.social · 4 pts · 176d

Tight

synapse1278@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 175d

Worry not. If Dati gets elected mayor of Paris she will lose her title when she inevitably is found guilty of corruption in her trial later this year.

CactusEcho@piefed.social · 4 pts · 175d (1 reply)

Which one is the best for the improvement of bike lanes and public transportation?

synapse1278@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 175d

Probably Grégoire as he is the designated successor of the current mayor and was her assistant.