French Elections CCVI
The French General Elections of CCVI were held on the fifteenth of Brumaire for all 911 seats to the Estates General. Prime Minister Antoinette Robespierre, elected initially in CXCVI, was fighting for a third term in her governance as Prime Minister. The War on Terror, which saw the Revolutionary Republic of France continue to be bogged down in military invasions of Texas, was becoming increasingly unpopular. The war dragged on with a combination of generals bragging themselves to be "Napoleon's incarnate" and corrupt politicians happily filling their pockets to ensure a stifling of anti war sentiment in papers, though the latter was of mixed effect with the increasing power of the Internet. happily backed by the Austro-Hungarian Empire.
What she had going for her was a stable agricultural season and tight controls on food prices, along with a firm grasp on the pregnant vote by playing to the Cult of the Supreme Being believers firm stances on abortion. She would be attacked by her political rivals of Maximillien Gusteau for the increasing stranglehold her party pushed on the transportation industry, arguing to allow foreign companies, such as the Great Plains Empire to invest in French railway networks and collaborate closely with the french state owned enterprises.
Robespierre hammered her opponents on wanting to "tyrannize France" and take it back to the days of the monarchy. The only party which would even come close to her overblown and fiery remarks would be the group of quiet and old gentlemen longing for the era of King Louis. Bellamy had to prevent word of possible coup plots that were fired up by the Revolution presses and on front page stories week after week. Darnell of the Jacobins had been completely unprepared for the mantel of party leadership, yet the wealthy billionaire turned politician attempted his best with personal connections to the people and connections to deep pocket donors for funds in order to keep the Jacobin party's finances in order.
Clémence Patrica of the LEF struggled to keep her party in order. She promised to squash any attempt at her second mate Louis Nocourt Earl, to stage a coup agaisnt her as the chairwoman of the LEF. After preforming exhaustive duties as the whip of the party during the nominating convention, she rallied her forces to a tiring if disappointing finish come Brumaire.
Factors contributing to another member of the long serving Robespierre political Family to dominate french politics was two fold: The anti monarchist feelings throughout France boosted her overall popularity with an ignoring of the economic issues momentarily. In fact, this worked so well that political pundits on the french news cycles such as the Friend of the People admitted there would be no need for a coalition government, with Robspierre gaining a majority of the seats on her own, which would have been the first time since Pétain's government of the people in 1940. Alas, come election night the results were wonderful for Robespierre, though she would take a part of pity and have the ideal option for a larger coalition government with Revolution and Jacobin compared to a planned coalition government with Revolution and de Launay's party of Marat's Legacy.