Voting White in France

With the debate debacle filling the news cycles endlessly I thought about a recent lunch conversation at Chateaux les Crayeres in Reims. Basically our host was interested in just how the election in the US was going. In an election year filled with strong emotions the response from all was surprising, the poor man didn’t know what he started. I ended my piece with my feelings of disenchantment with politicians in general. I no longer register with either party. I then asked him about Sarkozy versus Royal and just how that played out in France. He said he voted white, meaning that he wasn’t for either. We all found it strange that you could vote down all the candidates. The logic is that it is counted and the different factions can see the reaction to the candidates they put up for office. I will not be voting white this time, just need a rest from the news for a bit. That is after watching the debate tonight... preferably with a glass of bubbly