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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Some interesting numbers on the French election:

Twenty million people voted for Macron; 10 million for Le Pen (4 million more than in the first round); and a staggering 16 million either abstained or handed in a spoiled ballot. That less than half of the electorate felt compelled to form a “republican front” against the Front National tells us how profoundly antagonistic they are to the new man in charge.

Source: Guardian. [/quote]

Any breakdown among demographic lines yet?   Interesting to see if similar to the Brexit referendum[/quote]

Yes, there are some similarities. Here is a map of the election results by commune. The yellow is for Le Pen and the Blue is for Macron. Le Pen did well in the north east where de-industrialization has driven high unemployment.
Macron did well in the cities. He also did well in agricultural areas which traditionally vote socialist as they were probably willing to support his centrist platform over the far-right Le Pen.

[img]https://int.nyt.com/newsgraphics/2017/05/french-election/mobile-map-winner.jpg[/img]

Macron also did better with voters with a higher level of education.

[img]https://www.ft.com/__origami/service/image/v2/images/raw/http%3A%2F%2Fcom.ft.imagepublish.prod-us.s3.amazonaws.com%2F95dfd468-3390-11e7-bce4-9023f8c0fd2e?source=next&fit=scale-down&width=700[/img][/quote]

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