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Many young French voters are approaching the presidential runoff with a shrug and vow to 'vote blank'

  • Written by Julia Khrebtan-Hörhager, Associate Professor of Critical Cultural & International Studies, Colorado State University
Many young French voters are approaching the presidential runoff with a shrug and vow to 'vote blank'Decisions, decisions.Chesnot/Getty Images

The race for the presidential post in France began with 12 candidates. It will conclude on April 24 with the same choice that confronted voters five years earlier: the centrist Emmanuel Macron or the far-right Marine Le Pen.

Sequels tend to be less inspiring, and the election as a whole has failed to spark...

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