Jean-Marie Le Pen vs. a Trotskyist in French runoff for presidency, 2002?

Jean-Marie Le Pen vs. a Trotskyist in the second round of the French presidential race of 2002? Not totally inconceivable. The three Trotskyist candidates--Arlette Laguiller of the Lutte Ouvriere, Olivier Besancenot of the Ligue Communiste Revolutionnaire, and Daniel Cluckstein of the Parti des Travailleurs-- got a combined 10.44 percent of the vote, not *that* far behind Jospin and Le Pen and Chirac. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_presidential_election,_2002 Even if the Trotskyists, so notorious for their splits, had been able to unite, it is unlikely their candidate would make it to the second round, but not impossible--let's say Chirac is even more tarnished with scandal than in OTL and Jospin is even more unpopular, and maybe also for some reason don't have the left-wing Euroskeptic Chevenement run, with the Trotskyists picking up some of his support.

So Le Pen and a Trotskyist make it to the second round. What then?
 
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Have it be Cluckstein for Le Pen vs. Jew topkekery.

If it came down to the two extremes, I really can't say who would win. I'd bet on Le Pen, but it'd be close.
 
I think Le Pen would win, he seems a bit closer to the status quo than a full-on Trotskyist. But his victory wouldn't be assured.
 
1) I think you mean Jean-Marie Le Pen, unless your PoD is in 1928.

2) This belongs in the ASB forum.

You are right about (1) of course. OTOH, given that the Trotskyists got over 10 percent of the vote, I don't think their making the second round (if they could unify around one candidate) is ASB territory.
 
What's the French equivalent of "moving to Canada?"

Switzerland?

Rather Belgium, but possibly Quebec (at least for me).


Jean Luc Melanchon run in 2012 was the closest thing that look like this scenario, but it's very unlikely (not to say ASB) there would be any FN/Communist (one of its brands) second round. There is still at least one of the two major parties in the second round.

The battle between FN and Communists is mostly about the third place.
 
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