Les Presidentielles

The French presidentielles are elected by the people the person who gets the highest percentage of votes the most amount of times wins. Sometimes they are appointed by elected officials. It is a democracy so the more votes the better your chances of winning are. Francois Hollande is in the socialist party and is in first place in the running. Sarkozy is part of the UMP party. Marine le Pen is in the National Front party. Melenchon is in the socialist party as well. Francois Bayrou is in the centralist party.