Only the cities can save Macron

Incels or otherwise, another motivating factor for voting Right seems to be whether one lives in a city or in the countryside. In France, Marine Le Pen’s National Rally swept every departement in the country— only excluding Paris, Seine-Saint-Denis, Val-de-Marne and Hauts-de-Seine.

In brown where Le Pen has won today. pic.twitter.com/gbq49hx6tV

— Xavi Ruiz (@xruiztru) June 9, 2024

President Emmanuel Macron has now called an election for next month, testing whether Le Pen’s support base is there to stay, or if this is little more than a protest vote. While France’s cities are more densely populated, tempering the wipeout suggested by the above map, the establishment parties are evidently in trouble. If protests in the capital in recent years are anything to go by, Macron’s urban popularity is hardly secure either…