I am so fucking nervous about this. Brexit and Trump have taught me not to take a victory of the sensible for granted. And the fallout for us in Europe would probably be worse than either of those two.
https://www.bbc.com/news/live/world-europe-61151604
Voter turnout was lower than the last time Macron and Le Pen faced each other in the second round just five years ago as they present two significantly different visions for France’s future.
Abstention was estimated by Ipsos to be at around 28% nationally, which if confirmed would be the highest since 1969.
Macron re-elected French president, projections show French President Emmanuel Macron has been re-elected with 58% of the vote, according to projections.
2nd source, just to be safe:
Not as decisive as I had hoped:
Incumbent president took 58.2% of the vote ahead of Marine Le Pen’s 41.8%
and
Voter abstention nears record high at 28%
isn’t good either.
But still: no fascist présidente for you, France!
Oh well, time to break out my comment from five years ago:
Even then, you have to consider how many folks would not have voted if not to save democracy this one time. 
28%. So apparently almost a third of the electorate doesn’t care either way.
A 16 1/2 % margin of victory is quite decisive. Especially when people were talking about him losing just last week. I mean - I’d have preferred a 100% margin- but given the circumstances.
I guess, though in the U.S., that would be a huge “landslide” victory.
