77 years subsequently beingness invaded yesteryear Nazi FRG over ane 3rd of votes cast inwards a French Presidential election went to a fascist.
We convey to inquire ... 'why'?
Results of the French presidential election divulge the same geographical split upward which emerged inwards the first circular vote for the president. This geographical split upward reveals that Le Pen is almost pop inwards the north-east of French Republic in addition to along the Mediterranean coast. Comparatively she has far less back upward inwards the residue of the country.
The Guardian in addition to the Financial Times both convey presidential election maps showing how French Republic voted inwards yesterday's election. The Guardian has mapped the bulk for Macron in addition to Le Pen inwards each department. The FT map has broken the results downwards farther in addition to shows the pct of votes cast for Macron in addition to Le Pen yesteryear commune. Both maps divulge the same geographical split upward inwards Le Pen's popularity. As the Guardian reports Le Pen's heartland is inwards "the rust belt bordering Kingdom of Belgium in addition to along the Mediterranean coast".
The New York Times has begun to analyse why these 2 areas of French Republic mightiness endure attracted yesteryear a candidate of the far right. The newspaper uses 2 maps to compare votes for Le Pen amongst the 2016 unemployment rate. There for certain seems to endure a potent correlation betwixt the charge per unit of measurement of unemployment inwards a subdivision in addition to the set out of votes cast for Le Pen.
However, fifty-fifty though Le Pen's strongest back upward was inwards the northward in addition to south, the New York Times points out that Macron was however the almost pop candidate inwards 'most demographic groups', including inwards places amongst high unemployment. According to the Financial Times unemployment isn't the strongest predictor of the Le Pen vote. In fact unemployed voters inwards urban areas were non meaning voters for Le Pen.
The Financial Times has identified educational levels in addition to social cast every bit the strongest predictors of Le Pen voters. Macron's vote percentage nationally was highest inwards areas amongst few working cast jobs. The strongest indication for an expanse voting for Le Pen was education. Le Pen 'gained almost votes inwards areas where the score of pedagogy was relatively low'.
If you lot are interested inwards exploring the votes farther in addition to then the NYT's top dog French Presidential election map is a adept house to start. The map shows the results yesteryear commune. You tin ambit notice likewise mouse-over a subdivision expanse on the map to sentiment a breakdown of the votes yesteryear candidate in addition to the pct of the electorate who voted. The map likewise includes a set out of annotations highlighting interesting areas inwards French Republic where Macron or Le Pen convey higher upward average support.
