A Conservative is Leading the Polls in France?

[legion]

Then again, I have no idea what "conservative" means in France. It could just mean "moderately less socialist".

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070419/ap_on_re_eu/france_election

PARIS - France's presidential candidates made their final pushes for votes as polls Thursday pointed to a cliffhanger among the top four hopefuls, led by conservative Nicolas Sarkozy and Socialist Segolene Royal.
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A poll for Le Figaro newspaper showed Sarkozy, the nominee for President Jacques Chirac's governing party, drawing 28.5 percent of votes for the first round.

[Rick Lee]

Sarkozy is a good guy. I hope he makes it.

[Aurel]

Sarkozy had some intresting quotes about the suburbs and the hoodloums that inhabit them, such as: "These places should be cleaned with a Karcher". Of course, said hoodlums don`t like him. But overall, I`d rather see him in power than Segolene the socialist. My mother has my procuration to vote for him.

Aurel