The polls are now closed in France. According to the exit polling, RN will finish behind the leftist NPF, perhaps by a lot. Ipsos, who conducted the exit polling, found the left-wing bloc to be solidly in the lead, but still well short of a majority. Here are the projections:
NPF: 170-190
Ensemble: 150-170
RN: 135-155
The vote counting will take some time. We’ll know soon whether the exit polling is accurate or not. Let’s hope so! This would be an important repudiation of right wing populism that is poisoning our politics across all democracies right now.