France Presidential Elections Explained! (2022)
Looking for an intro to the world of French presidential politics? In honor of the April 2022 presidential elections happening in France, here’s a very, very basic introduction video! This is primarily made for people not very familiar with the topic or who might otherwise not pay much attention to global politics. In this video we’ll learn a bit about France’s political system, who the major candidates are, and how this election is going so far!
Chapters:
0:00 Intro
2:19 France's Political System
4:56 How French Elections Work
6:10 The Candidates - Intro
7:08 The Left
8:50 The Center-Right
9:33 The Far-Right
12:18 The Incumbent Center
13:55 Forecasts and Outro
Sources
Election Models
https://www.economist.com/interactive...
https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/...
https://graphics.reuters.com/FRANCE-E...
French Constitution: https://web.archive.org/web/201303132...
Explainers:
https://www.cnn.com/2022/04/05/europe...
https://www.thetimes.co.uk//article/f...
https://www.cnn.com/2022/03/03/europe...
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe...
Candidate/Party-Specific:
https://www.npr.org/2022/03/28/108924...
https://www.france24.com/en/live-news...
https://www.lexpress.fr/culture/livre...
https://www.statista.com/statistics/9...
https://www.rtl.fr/actu/politique/et-...
https://www.france24.com/en/france/20...
https://www.huffingtonpost.fr/sylvain...
https://www.cnn.com/2017/02/01/europe...
https://www.britannica.com/biography/...
https://www.britannica.com/biography/...
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/26/wo...
https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20...
https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20...
https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/...
https://www.rtl.fr/actu/politique/et-...
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/na...
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/31/ma...
https://www.theguardian.com/world/202...
https://www.france24.com/en/france/20...
Some Useful Wikipedia Pages Too I Guess:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022_Fr...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...
Music
Music from https://filmmusic.io
"Rhinoceros" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com)
License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/b...)
Music from https://filmmusic.io
"Wepa" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com)
License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/b...)
Images: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1e...