Le Pen had no chance to win even in a fair election. Except for the Zemmour fans, who aren't enough to make up the difference, there's nobody who'd vote for her in the second round who didn't already vote for her in the first round. She is completely demonized. Everyone else will show up to vote against her. Even people who don't like Macron either still hate him less than her.
Which begs the question, why do they think this is necessary?
I think they're just doing it to show that they can. "Yes, we will meddle with your elections, even though we don't even need to, and you can't do a thing about it, it's 'our' democracy now, nyah nyah."
Establishes a precedent. This time people will not care to much because Le Pen has little to no chance of winning. Next time it will matter and will just be considered business as usual.
Le Pen had no chance to win even in a fair election. Except for the Zemmour fans, who aren't enough to make up the difference, there's nobody who'd vote for her in the second round who didn't already vote for her in the first round. She is completely demonized. Everyone else will show up to vote against her. Even people who don't like Macron either still hate him less than her.
Which begs the question, why do they think this is necessary?
I think they're just doing it to show that they can. "Yes, we will meddle with your elections, even though we don't even need to, and you can't do a thing about it, it's 'our' democracy now, nyah nyah."
Establishes a precedent. This time people will not care to much because Le Pen has little to no chance of winning. Next time it will matter and will just be considered business as usual.