Word: runoffs
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...have been the most novel outcome imaginable, but France voted emphatically - and massively - for a classic right-left showdown in the battle for the nation's presidency. A whopping 85% voter turnout on Sunday fueled conservative standard-bearer and hands-on favorite Nicolas Sarkozy into the May 6 runoff against his principal rival, Socialist Party candidate Segolene Royal. But while both finalists spent much of their late campaigning playing to their respective hard-right and hard-left flanks, their efforts to win the presidency now depends upon their success in wooing a new force in French politics: France's suddenly...
...banned to stanch the violence this time around, but if one candidate doesn't earn a plurality of the national vote and at least a quarter of the ballots in 24 of 36 states, Nigerians will have to return to the trauma of the polls yet again for a runoff...
Hoping to repeat his shock 2002 election performance in which he made it to a runoff with President Jacques Chirac, Jean-Marie Le Pen has undergone a major image makeover. Guided by his youngest daughter and campaign strategist, Marine, the leader of the far-right National Front uses softer language to sell more inclusive policies. Although he's currently polling around 13%, French analysts warn that similarly low numbers had preceded his 2002 shock second-place finish. Marine Le Pen discussed her father's evolution and prospects with TIME's Bruce Crumley...
...think Jean-Marie Le Pen will again make the runoff. All the elements - and failings - that helped him succeed in 2002 are still present today in even bolder form. French voters understand the politicians who have been in power since the last election have been incapable of solving their problems...
...appears that Louisiana may be headed for another milestone: Jindal, if he succeeds the state's first woman governor, would become the nation's first Indian-American governor. But Louisiana's peculiar open primary system, in which candidates of all parties vie for a spot in the November runoff election, has a way of producing surprises; throw the lingering effects of Katrina in the mix, and anything is possible. Just ask Kathleen Blanco...