French conservative presidential voting kicks off
with no clear favorite
The closed primary format has brought a lot of
uncertainty to the race to pick a candidate for Les Républicains.
BY JULES
DARMANIN AND CLEA CAULCUTT
December 1, 2021 4:00 am
https://www.politico.eu/article/les-republicains-presidential-candidate-france/
PARIS —
Members of the conservative Les Républicains (LR) are voting this week to pick
their candidate for the French presidential election in April in a race that
even party experts can’t predict.
Close to
140,000 people are tasked with choosing the conservative champion through an
electronic vote in a closed primary — reserved for Les Républicains members
only — between December 1 and 4. But roughly half of party members eligible to
vote have registered in the past couple of months, and party insiders have
little insight into their preferences.
In
contrast, more than 4 million voters took part in the 2016, open primary
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