Monday, February 20, 2017

"No chance"? Yeah, there's a lot of that going around

Hot Air: "Can Marine Le Pen actually win?"  She's steadily gaining ground in France.  What's the French phrase for "shy voters"?

2 comments:

Frère Inertia said...

She's steadily gaining ground in France.


Le Pen is at 26% in six of the most recent eight polls. The two other polls have her at 27%. That's up from, uh, 26%.

One month ago, she was at 26%. Two months ago, she was at 25%. Three months ago she was at 29%. Four months ago, she was at 28%.

Five months ago she was at 27%. No polls six months ago. Seven months ago, she was at 28%.

Eight months ago, she was at 29%. Nine months ago, she was at 28%. Ten months ago, she was at 29%.

Le Pen might win the election. But with those numbers, only the French Army would brag about "steadily gaining ground."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opinion_polling_for_the_French_presidential_election,_2017

Unreal! said...

What's the French phrase for "shy voters"?


What was the American phrase for "shy voters" last November... "nonexistent"?

Total 2012 vote: 129,085,409
Total 2016 vote: 137,556,617
Total extra: +8,471,208

Romney: 60,933,504 (47.2%)
Trump: 63,811,288 (46.4%)
GOP extra: +2,877,784

2,877,784 extra votes from 8,471,208 extra voters = 33.9% Now that's shy.