Dear subscribers,
Let's go to the United States!
No, you haven't got the wrong letter.
I continue to share with you on French politics and it is my friend Philippe Gélie who with his Périscope decrypts the world for us, and in particular American political and electoral life.
My idea today is this: What would our presidential election look like if we applied the American system?
Presidential: the theoretical verdict of the "big voters"
The verdict would have been final: in 2017, Emmanuel Macron would have marginalized Marine Le Pen winning 560 "big voters" and leaving only 17 to the candidate of the National Front.
A considerably amplified difference compared to the result in number of votes cast since the elected president obtained 66.1% of the votes.
Infographics.
Le Figaro
Why such a result?
A reminder: France is not the United States
Let's start by specifying that the exercise I am doing here is purely theoretical.
It is not a question of promoting or judging an electoral method.
France is
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