How to Win France’s Election

Four candidates have a real path to the presidency.
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France’s 2017 election is the most open in half a century of presidential balloting.

It’s not just that the four front-runners are in a virtual tie coming down the final stretch of the campaign. Almost a third of voters say they don’t plan to vote, and about 30 percent of those who will say they’re still unsure of whom they’ll support in Sunday’s first round.