Word: chaban
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...showed that Socialist Mitterrand, who also has the support of France's formidable Communist Party, is now favored by 40% of the voters. Most of the Gaullist and middle-of-the-road vote is divided between Finance Minister Valery Giscard d'Estaing (28%) and former Premier Jacques Chaban-Delmas...
...bourgeois vote left or at least threaten to do so as a protest. However, they quickly return to the center or right if it appears that a leftist has a chance of winning. Thus Mitterrand's best opportunity for a victory will come on the first ballot, while Chaban and Giscard fight among themselves for Gaullist support; in a runoff, he would face a unified Gaullist front...
Mitterrand's opponents have already played on bourgeois fears by implying that his victory would open the door to the Communists. In a speech last week, Chaban warned: "France is threatened by a Socialist-Communist coalition. We want nothing...
With the Gaullists divided, it now seems certain that Socialist Mitterrand will win the most votes on the May 5 ballot. A poll published by Le Figaro gave Mitterrand 36% of the vote, Giscard 27% and Chaban 26%. If Mitterrand picks up enough support to win a clean majority-a Gaullist nightmare-he will become Pompidou's successor. The probability is that he will gain somewhat less than 50% of the vote, which means that Mitterrand will then face the second-ranking candidate in a runoff on May 19. Thus the real contest now is between Chaban and Giscard...
...petite bourgeoisie by campaigning against pornography and sponsoring laws to protect the small businessman from the competition of big stores. Because he might be able to attract the support of France's 570,000 small shopkeepers, he could cut deeply into the potential first-ballot strength of both Chaban and Giscard. Nonetheless, there was little doubt that the real race involved the leftist front runner and the two men competing...