Marine Le Pen Concedes Election to Winner Macron
France dodged a right-wing bullet by electing Emmanuel Macron. Marine Le Pen has conceded the race.
I heard earlier on the car radio that French turnout was high -- 77% or so. That may be considered high when compared to the U.S. which has hovered around 55%. But reports are that the French turnout was around 75%, lower than the past two French elections. Then again, this report has French turnout in 2012 at 71%. (Belgium had an 87.2 percent turnout rate in 2014, Turkey's was 84.3 percent in 2015, and Sweden's was 82.5 percent in 2014.)
Regardless, it was not a close race. Marcron won 65.% to Le Pen's 35%.
Lucky for France they don't have an electoral college.
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