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Enjoyed the diary very much.

Just curious. What percentage of votes might hard left candidates be expected to pull in the average election?

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by EricC on Sat Nov 18th, 2006 at 12:37:45 PM EST
typically gets 15%

It used to be all going to the communist party. Now the two main trotskyist parties get clsoe to 5% each, while the communist party gets 3-4%. You still have smaller splinter groups. You can count the greens in there or not depending on your mood - or theirs.

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by Jerome a Paris (etg@eurotrib.com) on Sat Nov 18th, 2006 at 01:06:51 PM EST
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Yet another question. What sections of the populace/geographical regions is the voting base of the French hard left? There is the stereotype of Trots as philosophy students phantasizing about the working-class, but the French versions have a definitely wider pull than that.

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One whose delusions are out of fashion.
by DoDo on Sat Nov 18th, 2006 at 01:12:27 PM EST
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