In my timeline, I'm hearing a lot, re: France, "this is why you must never believe polls".
I think that's a bad take.
If the left and center had not believed the polls, they would not have worked together to create this outcome.
I'm hardcore about the politics in the US, and the merest dabbler in the politics of France, so g'ahead and bust me if I'm being ignorant, but my reading is that believing the results of the first round is what created the results of the second round.
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