France has had two one-term presidents in a row.

None of the candidates who started off as favorites are still in the race.

The majority of polls indicate that none of the candidates representing the major political parties will qualify for the second ballot.

The primaries hurt the parties that created them.

The latest ballot of candidates was not known until the deadline hit.

Legal scandals have had a big influence.

Unless Fillon wins, the election will lead to a new political order that will likely destabilize the country.

The battle between Macron and Le Pen is a clash between an open and European France and an inward-looking country.

Le Pen is still underestimated and Macron is overestimated.

The class struggle has only just begun and will continue regardless of who wins.

Whoever the winner is, he or she will not be everyone's president.

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French presidential candidate, of the far right Nationalist Front party, waves to the crowd at a rally on March 26, 2017.Pascal Rossignol/Reuters

French presidential candidate Jean-Luc Mélenchon, of the far left Unsubmissive France party, speaks at a rally on March 26, 2017.Stephane Mahe/Reuters

French presidential candidate François Fillon, of The Republicans, waves to supporters on March 24, 2017.Regis Duvignau/Reuters

French presidential candidate Emmanuel Macron, of the independent centrist political movement Onward!, leaves a public appearance.Thomson Reuters

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