04-22-2017, 02:33 PM
(04-22-2017, 11:09 AM)THE Bigzoman Wrote: France's situation is unique in that a lot of youth are supporting La Pen. This is different from say, the Brexit vote, where the overwhelming majority of youth supported the Remain camp.
I wouldn't put a lot of stock in the recent shooting in France. It's a love tap when compared to the Charlie Hebdo attack and the bigger one in 2015.
Sometimes a "tap" is all that's needed, though I have no idea whether that is the case here.
That Le Pen has been polling in the 20s is disturbing, though.
I do think though that Trump may now be having a muting effect on the authoritarian trend in some European states. People on the fence now have reason to pause before voting, lest they put an unstable leader at the helm.