Amid record abstention, the left-wing NUPES coalition performed well against the presidential coalition.
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Many factors affect the decision of whether or not to vote in an election: the decision is mostly about motivation, interest in politics and sense of duty.
A gap is widening between ordinary people and an elite they deem to be arrogant and disconnected from the realities French people face. In many minds, Macron epitomises this elite.
A major swing to the right and the abstention of a key demographic have bolstered the Israeli leader’s position.
Never before in French presidential elections have commentators and pundits expressed alarming concern about the size of the blank voting.
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