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Socialist voters face a nervous wait for the results of today's presidential election runoff between Nicolas Sarkozy and François Hollande after final opinion polls following Wednesday's fiery television debate revealed a late surge in favour of the outgoing president, who has trailed his leftwing rival throughout the race.The polls indicated that Hollande was still on track to win the second round runoff vote, but revealed that the gap between the presidential rivals had narrowed from 10 percentage points a week ago to between four and six.

The article discusses polling and how accurately it reflects public opinion, the case being Netanyahu's stance on attacking Iran.

Since were discussing polls and french elections

French Election Polls News from CNN

REUTERS - President Nicolas Sarkozy leads his Socialist challenger Francois Hollande for the first time in an opinion poll on Tuesday for round one of France's presidential election, but is still shown losing in the second round. The Ifop/Fiducial poll put support for Sarkozy at 28.5 percent in the first round on April 22, up from 27 percent at the end of February.

Thank God.

3 March 2012 Last updated at 13:15 ET Webcams have been installed at polling stations in response to fraud allegations Russian voters are going to the polls on Sunday to elect a new president. Vladimir Putin, who was president from 2000-2008, is hoping to return to the post after spending four years as prime minister, a step he took to abide by the constitution.

3 March 2012 Last updated at 11:13 ET Friday's elections to the Iranian parliament are the first nationally since the 2009 protests Iran's interior minister Mostafa Mohammad Najjar has said that initial figures show turnout in Friday's parliamentary elections was 64%.

I am not disagreeing but I just like to push people to question their beliefs and where they come from. In other words, acknowledge the 0.00001% chance that the elections were not fabricated and consider what that would actually mean.

I agree with you! It's always good to play devil's advocate and challenge what people say.

Fox News viewers are less informed than people who don't watch any news, according to a new poll from Fairleigh Dickinson University. The poll surveyed New Jersey residents about the uprisings in Egypt and the Middle East, and where they get their news sources.

Not surprising, but still funny to see presented with statistical evidence.

Jon Stewart discusses the U.S. mainstream media and describes it as sensationalist and lazy (mainstream meaning New York Times, CNN, MSNBC, ABC News, etc.) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fM1YaAwOPuQ&feature=related

This article is full of "must-have" info for Arab World Revolutions documentation

I suggested this article to someone in class last Friday (not sure who), glad it ended up here!

Nothing fancy..This provides a countdown till the final elections, analysis, online polls and election updates.. A good place to check from time to time to know whats going on and what people are saying.

"French Institute of Public Opinion (IFOP) polls show that the French see Sarkozy as more presidential than Hollande by a wide margin, but that Hollande is seen by a wide margin as more understanding of the French and sympathetic." ---> Thanks to this course I could now analyze why these results take place :P

It's really close.

First time in French history that the incumbent president loses in the first round! Big blow to Sarkozy! Plus it shows how a lot of people are not voting for Hollande, but rather against Sarkozy..

18%... 18% - Sorry, still not over it! -

Primary elections in Mississippi and Alabama Tuesday are giving Mitt Romney an opportunity to extend his lead in the Republican presidential race by winning in Southern contests that he has characterized as "a bit of an away game." Voting was under way Tuesday in the two states, with polls set to close at 8 p.m.

Interesting questions

By Gareth Jones and Alice Baghdjian BERLIN (Reuters) - Germans resoundingly elected Joachim Gauck, a former Lutheran pastor and human rights activist from communist East Germany, as president of the European Union's largest country on Sunday, posing a potential political headache for Chancellor Angela Merkel.

According to an opinion poll, 80% trust Gauck, yet two thirds think he'd be an "uncomfortable" president for the country's political parties.

I had no idea Germany was even electing a new president, so I was totally surprised when I read news headlines today morning.

Tensions have been rising between some of the main candidates in Egypt's presidential elections as polls near a close on the second day of voting. Amr Moussa and Ahmed Shafiq have traded accusations, saying false rumours are being spread that each is about to withdraw from the hotly contested race.

25 February 2012 Last updated at 22:11 ET Mr Wade's candidacy has sparked violent protests People in Senegal are set to vote in a presidential election, with incumbent Abdoulaye Wade seeking a controversial third term. Mr Wade's re-election bid sparked protests in which several people died.

Rural Ohio Voters Grudgingly Accept Romney But voters in this city, which sits in John Boehner's congressional district, seemed divided at the polls, between those who had decided, grudgingly, to accept Mitt Romney, and those who just couldn't do it.

Sarkozy "called Saturday for labels on all meat describing how the animals were slaughtered. A recent poll said halal meat was the No. 1 worry of the French people, he told reporters while explaining his shift."

The French election seems almost as absurd as the U.S. one!

Oh yes it is! The Frenchy style is exquisite *says with a Frenchy accent* ;-) Glad someone else than Jad & me is finally into it!