French Elections in New York City/Round One
French citizens voting in Carroll Gardens Brooklyn.
French around the world voted in their homeland's hotly contested national elections.
In the first round of voting more than ten candidates from the political mainstream
to the nut fringe were ballot choices.
In the New York area there were 9 polling places to cast the ballots.
As in France itself, center Left candidate Emmanuel Macron came in first;
here in New York local voters gave him 52 percent of the total.
Conservative candidate Francois Fillon came in second in America with
29 percent but failed to place in France for the upcoming second round.
Marine Le Pen the nationalist firebrand placed second in France but
barely scored in the USA garnering a mere 3 percent of the vote.
This is the first time in the history of the French Fifth Republic in that candidates from the major parties are not represented in the Second Round of voting.
Macron faces off against Le Pen in the runoff on 7 May.
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