'Choice between plague & cholera': 29% of French voters plan to abstain in presidential runoff

Only a few days before France heads to the polls for a crucial vote to choose its next president, surveys show there are millions of people who are undecided who to vote for, or intend to abstain rather than support either of the two candidates.


With the traditional right and left absent from the second round in French presidential elections for the first time since 1958, some 47 million eligible voters are faced with the choice between centrist Emmanuel Macron and far-right Marine Le Pen on May 7.

Seven in 10 voters are unhappy with this choice, AFP reported on Wednesday, citing a survey.

About one in four say they plan to abstain in Sunday's runoff, the news agency added, saying that the dilemma is expressed as a choice "between the plague and cholera."
  rt.com
3/5/17