{"id":2290750,"date":"2024-07-08T17:50:02","date_gmt":"2024-07-08T21:50:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/french-election-upset-should-remind-gop-not-to-be-complacent\/"},"modified":"2024-07-08T17:55:07","modified_gmt":"2024-07-08T21:55:07","slug":"french-election-upset-should-remind-gop-not-to-be-complacent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/french-election-upset-should-remind-gop-not-to-be-complacent\/","title":{"rendered":"French Election Upset Should Remind GOP Not To Be Complacent"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ffrench-election-upset-should-remind-gop-not-to-be-complacent%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2290750&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The summary provided discusses \u200bthe recent legislative elections in France, where President \u200cEmmanuel Macron&#8217;s coalition worked with the\u2064 far-left New Popular \u200dFront to prevent \u2062Marine\u2062 Le Pen&#8217;s National Rally party from\u200b gaining a majority in Parliament.\u2063 Despite an \u2064initial strong showing by Le Pen&#8217;s party in the first round of voting, Macron&#8217;s coalition ultimately secured a majority in the \u2063second round. The results serve as a reminder that no election is guaranteed, as demonstrated by the \u200bunexpected\u200d outcome \u2064in \u2063France.\u2064 The summary also draws parallels to\u2063 the \u2064political landscape in the United\u2064 States, particularly mentioning the expanding support for \u2064former President Donald Trump\u200d among traditionally \u2062Democratic voting blocs. It emphasizes the importance of not prematurely celebrating victory, as demonstrated by the lessons learned from the French election results. Additionally, the summary discusses concerns about election integrity in the United States, pointing out Democratic efforts to weaken election integrity measures and the potential risks associated with absentee voting practices.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>French President Emmanuel Macron\u2019s coalition of \u201ccentrists\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.eu\/article\/france-election-national-assembly-voters-marine-le-pen-far-right-national-rally-jordan-bardella-emmanuel-macron-jean-luc-melenchon-french-politics\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">reportedly<\/a> conspired with the far-left New Popular Front (NFP) to prevent Marine Le Pen\u2019s populist National Rally party from taking control of Parliament on Sunday. It was a surprising result after Le Pen\u2019s party swept the floor in the first set of elections and was seemingly poised to secure a majority, and U.S. Republicans should heed the reminder that no election is safe from partisan tricks, even when the odds \u2014 and voter confidence \u2014 seem to be in your favor.<\/p>\n<p>During the first round of voting for the National Assembly on June 30, Le Pen\u2019s National Rally party performed better than Macron\u2019s Renew party and the NFP, emerging as \u201cthe clear winner\u201d based on \u201cthe first round of voting,\u201d according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/my-europe\/2024\/07\/07\/frances-second-round-legislative-runoff-elections-explained\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">EuroNews<\/a>. Still, no party had met the 289-seat threshold to be declared the majority.<\/p>\n<p>A second round of voting to fill 501 of the 577 seats for the National Assembly was scheduled for Sunday, according to EuroNews. Ultimately,<strong> <\/strong>the socialist NFP won 183 seats, \u201cmaking it the largest group in the 577-seat parliament,\u201d CNN <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/07\/08\/europe\/france-election-what-next-explainer-intl\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">reported<\/a>. Macron\u2019s party won 163 seats and Le Pen\u2019s party won 143 seats.<\/p>\n<p>As EuroNews explained, \u201cIn the frantic week between the two rounds, more than 200 centrist and left-wing candidates pulled out of races to boost the chances of their moderate rivals and try to keep National Rally candidates from winning.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFinal pre-election polls suggest that tactic may have diminished the far right\u2019s chances of an absolute majority,\u201d EuroNews explained, dishonestly labeling the National Rally, which is known for its nationalist tendencies and concerns about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hundreds-of-sheriffs-call-on-biden-to-finish-trumps-border-wall-stop-gangs-guns-dangerous-drugs-entering-u-s\/\" title=\"Hundreds Of Sheriffs Call On Biden To Finish Trump\u2019s Border Wall, Stop \u2018Gangs, Guns, Dangerous Drugs\u2019 Entering U.S.\">mass illegal immigration<\/a>, as \u201cfar right.\u201d And while Le Pen\u2019s party \u201chas wider and deeper support than ever before,\u201d it still wasn\u2019t enough to drag them across the finish line to a majority.<\/p>\n<p>Crossing the finish line is no easy task for a candidate or party, as the results in France prove. Even amassing popular support, as Le Pen\u2019s party did, doesn\u2019t guarantee electoral victory \u2014 and the same is true in the United States.<\/p>\n<p>Former President Donald Trump\u2019s support continues to expand, with recent polling showing he\u2019s making gains among traditionally Democratic voting blocs like <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2024\/06\/29\/us-news\/trump-wins-over-latinos-who-say-he-is-better-on-immigration\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Hispanics<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/newsletters\/evening-report\/4692703-joe-biden-courts-black-voters-donald-trump-gains\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">black<\/a> voters. According to RealClearPolitics\u2019 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.realclearpolling.com\/polls\/president\/general\/2024\/trump-vs-biden\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">average<\/a>, Trump leads Biden by 3.3 points nationally.<\/p>\n<p>This comes, in part, after Biden\u2019s disastrous debate performance set off an avalanche of Democrats and left-wing donors calling on Biden to step down as the nominee. Unfortunately, some on the right are prematurely celebrating a Trump victory, surmising that Biden can\u2019t overcome poor polls and public backlash. But as Democrats already know \u2014 and as French voters just learned \u2014 it ain\u2019t over until it\u2019s over.<\/p>\n<h2>Democrats Have Rigged the Game<\/h2>\n<p>Democrats and their political operatives have spent years successfully weakening election integrity measures to permit insecure practices like early voting and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/exclusive-zuckerberg-funded-nonprofit-helped-shift-michigans-2020-voting-rules\/\" title=\"Exclusive: Zuckerberg-Funded Nonprofit Helped Shift Michigan\u2019s 2020 Voting Rules\">permanent absentee voting<\/a>. As I\u2019ve previously <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/07\/03\/dementia-joe-is-easy-to-defeat-beating-democrats-election-machine-is-another-story\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">written<\/a>, \u201cthe <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-is-easy-to-beat-dems-election-machine-is-another-story\/\" title=\"Biden Is Easy To Beat. Dems&#039; Election Machine Is Another Story\">mass absentee voting apparatus popularized<\/a> by Democrats in 2020 at the height of COVID-19 panic made elections less secure and makes it easier for ballot traffickers to take advantage of the voting process.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Further, a host of election officials unilaterally changed election laws during the 2020 election and were later rebuked for instituting the illegal measures. Unfortunately, there\u2019s nothing in place preventing them from such egregious usurpation this go-around. Michigan Secretary of State <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/06\/13\/judge-michigan-secretary-of-states-lax-ballot-signature-guidance-is-unconstitutional\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Jocelyn Benson<\/a> issued guidance during the 2020 election instructing election officials to presume that signatures on absentee ballots are valid. A judge recently ruled the guidance unconstitutional. In Pennsylvania, then-Secretary of State Kathy Boockvar issued <a href=\"https:\/\/www.supremecourt.gov\/DocketPDF\/20\/20-542\/160042\/20201107132122917_Appendix.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">guidance<\/a> permitting ballots with invalid signatures to be counted and allowing voters to present ID verification up to nine days following the election, instead of the six days specified by law. Pennsylvania election officials also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wesa.fm\/politics-government\/2020-11-18\/allegheny-judge-rules-2-349-mail-in-ballots-must-be-counted#stream\/0%C2%A0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">counted<\/a> thousands of absentee ballots that were missing the legally required date on the envelope. Like in Michigan, this guidance was later <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/03\/28\/appeals-court-upholds-pennsylvania-law-rejecting-undated-mail-ballots\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">deemed<\/a> unconstitutional.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Wisconsin\u2019s newly-leftist-controlled Supreme Court just <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/07\/08\/leftists-get-what-they-paid-for-in-wisconsin-supreme-court-flip-flop-allowing-ballot-drop-boxes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">reversed a previous decision<\/a> and ruled that widespread absentee ballot drop boxes can be used in November\u2019s election. The court had ruled in 2022\u00a0that the \u201cwidespread use of unattended absentee drop boxes violated state law,\u201d as my colleague M.D. Kittle <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/07\/08\/leftists-get-what-they-paid-for-in-wisconsin-supreme-court-flip-flop-allowing-ballot-drop-boxes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">wrote<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>GOP Has More Work to Do<\/h2>\n<p>As Democrats tamper with election laws, <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/06\/28\/trumps-debate-triumph-means-nothing-if-the-gop-doesnt-chase-ballots-like-theres-no-tomorrow\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Republicans<\/a> can\u2019t afford to be complacent.<\/p>\n<p>A May <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/05\/15\/republicans-need-to-chase-ballots-from-every-low-turnout-voter-who-polls-for-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">poll<\/a> of battleground states from the New York Times\/Siena College found Trump\u2019s lead against Biden in some states narrowed slightly when considering likely voters versus registered voters. This suggests that there are voters out there who are registered to vote but aren\u2019t necessarily likely to hit the polls on Nov. 5. Targeted outreach to these voters that encourages them to either turn out in person or use a mail-in ballot if their state permits could help close what may be a narrow gap in key swing states.<\/p>\n<p>A recent survey from Campaign Now found that in the battleground states of Wisconsin and Michigan, there are \u201cunregistered, likely GOP voters\u201d who \u201cwant to get registered\u201d ahead of the election, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecentersquare.com\/wisconsin\/article_de7416da-2cda-11ef-91ab-db6ffe35cb7e.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Center Square<\/a>. While the survey size was small \u2014 only 300 respondents out of thousands who were contacted \u2014 Campaign Now\u2019s John Connors argues the results still show \u201can opportunity\u201d for engagement and that conservatives must prioritize mobilizing those voters.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>      Brianna Lyman is an elections correspondent at The Federalist.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>French President Emmanuel Macron\u2019s coalition of \u201ccentrists\u201d allegedly collaborated with the far-left New Popular Front (NFP) to prevent Marine Le Pen\u2019s populist National Rally party from gaining control of Parliament on Sunday. This unexpected outcome occurred after Le Pen\u2019s party performed well in the initial elections and seemed likely to secure a majority. This serves as a reminder to U.S. Republicans that no election is immune to partisan manipulation, even when the odds and voter confidence appear to be in their favor<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":74,"featured_media":2290751,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/French_Election-_Celebrations_at_The_Louvre_Paris_33707026433-e1720457235969.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[34158,6203,18134,14968],"class_list":["post-2290750","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-french-election","tag-gop","tag-reminder","tag-upset"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/French_Election-_Celebrations_at_The_Louvre_Paris_33707026433-e1720457235969.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2290750","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/74"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2290750"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2290750\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2290751"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2290750"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2290750"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2290750"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}