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?
So Le Pen and a Trotskyist make it to the second round. What then?
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