• In the first round of legislative elections, 52% of voters abstained.

    But some of them intend to vote in the second round.

  • Because three scenarios are possible: absolute majority for Together!, or simply relative, or even cohabitation with the left.

  • Our readers who skipped the first round but intend to mobilize in the second tell us the reasons that will push them this time to go to the polling station.

Last Sunday they had swimming pool.

Either the legislative campaign did not interest them, they did not know who to vote for, had lost hope in their camp… In the first round of these elections, 52% of voters shunned the ballot box.

But some of the abstainers do not intend to repeat the experience this Sunday.

Some will do their civic duty simply because they will be back home, like Patrick, who responded to our call for witnesses.

“I did not vote in the first round because I went on vacation.

I also cringed at the complexity of proxy voting.

So back for the second round.

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But most of these "only" second-round voters will be driven by their desire to weigh in the game.

Because three scenarios are possible at the end of the legislative elections: either the confederation Together!

(LREM, Modem, Horizons and Agir) wins at least 289 seats out of the 577 in the Assembly, which will allow President Macron to benefit from an absolute majority, as in 2017. Be Together!

leads the pack, but wins less than 289 seats, which will only give it a relative majority.

Either the Nupes wins the bet and Emmanuel Macron will have to live with the left.

"A majority to govern and that the country tries to reform itself"

This last hypothesis is feared by some of our readers, who will travel to vote Together!

this Sunday.

This is the case of Bertrand: "I don't agree with the government's entire program, but I prefer that it has a majority to govern and that the country tries to reform itself, rather than five years of cohabitation, and therefore five years of fucking with endless squabbles.

In the end, nothing new happens”.

Some will vote for Together!

even if they are not fans of Emmanuel Macron, like Frédéric: "At a time when there are very strong turbulences which shake the world, it seems reasonable to me that the president (whom I do not support at all) can have a free hand to be able to carry out a policy".

For Alain, it will be more of a membership vote:

The good score in the first round of the RN, which will be present in the second in 200 constituencies, also motivates those who did not take out their voter card last Sunday.

Like Grégory: “I will move for the second round in order to give an additional voice to the RN.

It is the first time that he is in the second round of the legislative elections in my sector.

Especially since the far-right party hopes to get a group in the Assembly, a first since 1986.

“The Nupes result gave me hope”

On the other side of the political spectrum, the buoyant wind that blew over Nupes in the first round is inspiring supporters of the left who did not come last Sunday.

Maxime thus wishes to consolidate this left-wing coalition: “The result of the Nupes (in the 2nd round in more than 406 constituencies) gave me hope.

The left can finally win, with the hope, finally possible, of cohabitation next Monday.

Thibaud also believes in it: “I want Nupes to have the best score possible.

An absolute majority would be perfect, with Jean-Luc Mélenchon Prime Minister”.

Have some young abstainers from the first round heard the message of the Insoumis?

“It is not worth coming to complain about Parcoursup if afterwards, it is not to vote for those who want to abolish it”, declared the tribune on Monday to convince them to vote.

It worked on David: "I can see that Nupes can get a lot of seats and I want to support it to finally defend climate action and remove Parcoursup".

"It will be anything but Mélenchon, the grumpy"

It is also clear that anger is likely to push some to the polls.

First of all, the one who speaks against the head of state.

“I didn't vote in the first round, but I will go on Sunday because it is out of the question that Macron has the majority.

Otherwise, France is screwed,” says Jérôme.

Chris, he will vote for the candidate who will be opposite that of Together!, whatever his party.

“I do not forget the health pass which separated the French, created sub-citizens in the country of equal rights.

I don't forgive him.

Ditto for Catherine: “I will vote for any candidate.

At least so that Macron sees the figures of the refusal to grant him any confidence.

" Michel also wants to block the presidential majority: " I'm going to vote Nupes to stop this liberalism at all costs.

The Nupes also arouses blocking votes.

"It will be anything but Mélenchon, the grumpy," announces José.

Chantal is also headwind against the leader of Nupes: “I do not want a systematic opposition, which will leave us in an unacceptable slump.

Especially since with his so-called totally fundable social project, Jean-Luc Mélenchon is leading the French on a boat.

The French Trump is him, ”she castigates.

Paul, who has not voted for thirty years, will also be violent "to block the Nupes".

The RN will also be the subject of blocking votes as evidenced by Mat, abstaining from the repentant legislative elections: "Faced with the RN risk, I will go and vote despite everything to prevent this".

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