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Originally Posted by Torn Curtain
I think Sakozy benefited from the aging population (hence his supporters being the likes of Johnny Halliday, Mireille Mathieu :eek:, Enrico Macias, Pascal Sevran :mad:...).
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Partly : a friend of mine told me her mother, a widow, had received a visit, while she was in her garden. A neighbour who wasn't usually around showed up. The man knew my friend's mother was a widow. He came to her, talked about how insecure their place was (no tall buildings, nada) and mentioned something that happened a couple of years ago. An old woman, who lived alone, had been assaulted and raped in her house and eventually died. Why did he mention that? To make sure the widow would go and vote for Sarkozy. This man who showed up is a member of the local UMP (the political party of our future president - who enjoyed his victory in a rich restaurant with his rich pals).
The woman has problems sleeping now.
That guy's visit didn't make her change her mind, she always was right-winged my friend told me, but the man really wanted to avoid chances.
Now, my friend has two uncles living in different little towns in the area. Both being singles. And guess what? Both received a visit from a guy as old as they were, talking about bad things that had happened...
So, yes, the old ones may have voted for Sarkozy more than they did for Royal.
But one thing shook me. My nephew is 15, so he doesn't vote. I asked him, in april, who he would have voted for. I believed he would have said Royal or Bayrou, for that's what we have in the family, with some Voynet or Besancenot (from my oldest aunt, 78). But he said Sarkozy. When I asked him why, he said he had no idea.
The boy saw him every day on TV 5 years in a row. It's the only politician he remembers - let's not forget that Sarkozy took control of almost everything that could be said good during Chirac's second presidency (dumping the CPE on Villepin). On TV he's in the middle of a crowd, people gather to meet him. That's how his image is built, whereas his oponents aren't as sexy (well, I liked Royal's looks on the night of the debate). I think that worked on many people.