Élection Présidentielle
Carte Électorale
We had the first round of the presidential elections here last week. In order to win the presidential election one candidate has to win an absolute majority (more than 50%) of the votes. Since this is pretty unlikely from happening, it's pretty much guaranteed that the election will be split into a first and second round (the second round is between the top two winners). There are a few exceptions (like the previous
2002 election), but it's almost always between the two major parties: Socialist Party (PS, aka "the left") and Union for a Popular Movement (UMP, aka "the right"). Counting the minority parties, there were actually 12 candidates, but like the US the media really only gives coverage to the two major parties.
Similar to the US, every channel and possible form of media has been brainwashing and ramming political crap down our throats for the last few months. Although it feels like it has been forever, they actually started about three or four months ago instead of two years before like the US. The angle is quite different as well, there's virtually no mud-slinging and the media doesn't dig at all into the private lives of the political candidates (at all). The lack of dirt and scandal doesn't seem right at all from the American politics that we are used to.
As for the actual voting process, it's a bit simpler than what I was used to in the US. You're basically given a blue envelope and a bunch of little scraps of paper printed with the various candidate names. Once you've cleared the registration list, you stuff the candidate of choice into the envelope and drop it in the polling box. That's it. No "hanging chads" or confused seniors, it's a pretty idiot proof process.
Well, I guess all of the talk from work, television, radio, and papers have brain-washed me a bit too. I didn't expect to end up writing as much as I did about all of the election stuff, but I guess that's basically was has been on our minds lately.
Libellés : Election, France
Hiatus
Dinner in Tours
Not a single post since August of last year, and I don't even have a good excuse.
Lethargic. Lazy. Slacker. Go ahead, you can throw some more my way...
We've had some adventures in the last few months, some which have already been told by
Maya. She was fortunate to spend a few months here in Paris to play and explore. So we were excited to take
a few trips with her whenever we were able.
Then in December, Shanta's family came to visit and spend a few weeks with us during Christmas through the new year. It was nice to spend the holidays with family, as it is the time of year that we really feel the distance.
In March,
Amy came to visit. We spent another weekend in the Loire Valley visiting the châteaux with her. Unfortunately we weren't able to take much time off while she was here, but we tried to make the most of it!
I guess that about sums up things since August. I'm going to try and throw myself back into this blogging thing. Promise.
Libellés : slacker
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