> Chuck Grimes wrote:
> It is interesting to recall that the French Communist
>> Party betrayed its own more radical labor constituency something along
>> the lines of the US Democrats---to gain more `centrist' support. Very
>> familiar stuff.
A large % of votes for Le Pen come from former PCF voters, even in the "Red Belt, " see , DeClair, Edward G. "Politics on the Fringe: The People, Policies, and Organization of the French National Front." Durham: Duke University Press, 1999.
-- Michael Pugliese