Great Britain, not little England: Why Preferential systems beat run-off ballots

Ever wanted to know exactly how the crook wound up as French President? Great Britain, not little England explains. The socialists fragmented, including several Trotskyist parties, while the conservatives had less fragmentation. Mainly a choice of bad (Chirac) or worse (Le Pen). But still with his recalculated numbers reconstructing alliances of parties that are broadly around Chirac or Jospin as if they had not splintered so much Le Pen does very well, far far better than any Far Right party would do in Britain:

Final tally, Le Pen 19.20% Chirac 36.05%, Jospin 42.01%