ANALYSIS – Based on the results of the last French presidential elections, Le Figaro has carried out various projections using the American voting system. With some surprises in store.
While Americans elect their president this Tuesday, November 5, The Figaro has studied how the U.S. electoral system would be applied to the French presidential election. Let’s be clear about the theoretical nature of this exercise. The aim is neither to promote nor to judge an electoral system. France is not the United States. It is a Republic. “ one and indivisible “Uncle Sam’s country is a federal republic. It is this federal logic that leads us to retain results by state, unlike the “one man, one vote” rule.
Electors by department
The method consists in taking into account the result within the framework of a territorial unit, in this case the département, by adding to it the overseas territorial collectivities or specific colleges designating deputies to the National Assembly (the French abroad). In the United States, the number of “electors” in a state is indexed to its population. Similarly, in France, the number of deputies…
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