Quote Originally Posted by Germaanse Strijder
That's not a problem of the system, but a problem of apathy among the leftist minded people of France. If they had voted in a significant amount in the first round it would have been easily enough to push Jospin into the second round, making it a choice between Chirac and Jospin. Their system isn't flawed, what's flawed is the political culture and voter apathy.
I thought that one of the problems was that so many left wing candidates stood that the left-wing vote was split, meaning that only the right wing candidates, with a more concentrated voter base, got through to the final round.