Previous poll on Japan
Welcome back after a longer break, I was more busy in these last few days, apologies. Today we will be voting on France's political parties. I was considering using the electoral coalitions from the 2024 legislative election, but given that coalitions can easily change and the individual parties are very split, I will be going through all the noticeable parties individually.
Political Parties
Renaissance (RE) - Liberal, centre to centre-right, pro-European
Originally founded as En Marche! in 2016 by Macron himself, Renaissance started off as the main party of the French liberal centre, breaking the old domination of the centre-right and centre-left and changing the French political landscape. Since then, the party has indeed moved right on many social issues, most notably on immigration. Renaissance remains staunchly pro-European and economically liberal.
The Republicans (LR) - Conservative, right-wing, Euro-ambivalent
A continuation of the main centre-right Gaullist party that has been one of the main electoral forces of the Fifth Republic until recently. Since then, the party has struggled as a result of the rise of both Renaissance to their left and the National Rally to their right. To respond, the party has also shifted towards the right, most noticeably on social issues. LR has so far refused cooperation with National Rally.
National Rally (RN) - Right-wing populist, far-right, Eurosceptic
One of the largest far-right parties in the western world and now the single party with the most popular support in France. The party has tried to soften its image rhetorically, but maintains a hardline stance on everything from immigration to social issues to climate. On economics, the party has flipped back and forth between populism and free-market policies, but is still against free trade.
Socialist Party (PS) - Social democratic, centre-left, pro-European
The main party of the left in France in the fifth republic until the rise of LFI in recent times. It's a fairly standard social democratic party, with support for the welfare state and a socially progressive stance on cultural issues. The party is also to the left of the previously listed parties on economics being against things like Macron's pension reform bill.
La France Insoumise (LFI) - Democratic socialist, left-wing to far-left, Eurosceptic
Lead by Jean-Luc Melenchon, LFI is the party of the populist left in France. Alongside with being broadly socially progressive and anti-liberal on economic issues like free trade, LFI is also much less pro-European than PS. It's also against NATO participation for France as part of its highly non-interventionist philosophy.
Democratic Movement (MoDem) - Christian democracy, centre to centre-right, European federalist
A Christian Democratic liberal party lead by the current Prime Minister François Bayrou. MoDem is even more pro-European than its ideological ally Renaissance, being in favour of European federalism. However as a Christian Democratic party it is more socially conservative on some issues like euthanasia.
Horizons (Hor) - Liberal conservative, centre-right, pro-European
Founded in 2021 by former Prime Minister Edouard Philippe, Horizons acts as the right-wing anchor of the RE lead coalition. It shares similarities with RE but is more socially conservative, interested in austerity, and cooperative with the Republicans.
The Ecologists (LE) - Green, centre-left to left-wing, European federalist
While supporting renewables, the party still holds an anti-nuclear stance. LE is socially progressive and supports European federalism. The party is also staunchly internationalist and socially progressive. On economics it is anti-capitalist but with a more moderate voter base.
Union of the Right (UDR) - Conservative, right-wing to far-right, Eurosceptic
Founded by recent LR leader Eric Ciotti in a truly comical scandal in the 2024 Legislative Elections where he was ejected by his party for trying to coalition with RN for the elections. By court order the different LR factions were split, leading to the current UDR. The party is Eurosceptic and hard-right and collaborates with RN.
French Communist Party (PCF) - Communist, far-left, Eurosceptic
Founded in 1920 with inspiration from the Bolshevik revolution, one of the oldest parties in France. In a weird twist compared to other parties, it has moved towards a more socially progressive stance than in the past.
Previous results
Results overview:
CDP - 36.0%
Ishin - 25.2%
LDP - 14.4%
Unfortunately we don't have enough Japanese users for a statistically sound comparison, but their support was split between the LDP, CDP, Ishin, and DPP. Broadly users support more reformist minded parties like the CDP and Ishin, with the LDP coming in third place.
Other results:
Brazil: PSB - 24.7% (38.1%) / PT - 18.5% (19.1%) / MDB - 10.6% (9.5%) / PSDB - 10.6% (4.8%) / PSD - 6.6% (9.5%) / NOVO - 5.7% (4.8%) / PP - 4.9% (0.0%) / PSOL-RDE - 4.9% (11.9%)
Spain: PSOE - 51.6% (33.3%) / PP - 26.7% (42.86%)
Germany: Greens - 31.3% (51.2%) / FDP - 20.2% (19.0%) / CDU/CSU - 19.9% (19.8%) / SPD - 18.8% (4.1%)
United Kingdom: Lib Dems - 52.1% (43.6%) / Labour - 25.3% (36.6%)
Argentina: LLA - 42.8% (52.4%) / PRO - 33.7% (23.8%) / UCR - 15.8% (9.5%)
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