French Elections

Well, as everyone knows by know, Sarkozy has won the French Election by a margin of 53-47. It seems that Sarkozy and Royal split the centrist party's votes to edge out his socialist opponent.

Now, one thing I will comment on is the double ballot. It's a very interesting way to conduct an election, to force everyone to vote twice, and I'm a bit surprised that the turnout was actually so high both times. I know there was a lot on the line, but it seems weird that they still managed 85% of the vote on the second go-around. Canadians seem to hate voting once, never mind what would happen if we were asked to vote twice. Good on the French to come out in forces to vote. One only wonders what would happen in Canada if we managed 85% turnout in an election.