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[โ€“] [email protected] 10 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

It didn't. It's a two-round system. It's one thing to win a plurality in round one, it's another to win a majority in round two.

This is exactly how it's been going for the last N elections.

[โ€“] [email protected] 9 points 1 month ago

Except usually in Macron's favor. But yeah, as soon as the choices shrink, people unify behind whoever is countering the Nazi cunt.