Voting Behavior in the 2017 Presidential and Legislative Elections in France
2018 Volume 34 Issue 1 Pages 40-53
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2018 Volume 34 Issue 1 Pages 40-53
Emmanuel Macron won against the far-right populist Marine Le PEN at the French Presidential Election in 2017. He has been no experience of elected public offices and is an outsider of the politics. Macron took advantage of a series of events to be the head of state. Some are chances, the others are planned. He manages all the situations to be the President. Opinion polls say that Le PEN cannot defeat any other major candidates in the second round. The constitutional referendum, 2000 to shorten the length of the Presidential term from seven to five make difficult to form divided government （cohabitation）. Winning of the preceding presidential election promotes linkage mechanism to build his/her newer government at the following legislative elections. The two election results could be naturally synchronized due to the Presidentialization of the politics.
