Is this France or Florida?

The news outlets around here can't quit hollering about the Aubry/Royal vote... 50.02%-49.98%...

(A friend of mine has a boyfriend who isn't much of a Royal fan -- last night at Thanksgiving dinner, he commented on the irony of someone named "Royal" leading the Socialist Party. I replied it could be worse -- she could work for a Jewish organization and have a name that means "Christian victory", like me.)