On the disenchanted – Constant Méheut in NYT:

‘Ms. Le Pen gathered her supporters in the affluent 16th arrondissement of Paris, in a gilded complex of pavilions set up at the entrance of the Bois de Boulogne, a large park west of the French capital. The gathering, with its hallways lined by large mirrors and champagne glass pyramids lining the main room, brought out 500 or so supporters, many of them young and in their best clothes, hoping for the best.’

Read it here.

The popular opinion consists of the idea that the disenchanted voting for the extreme-right are poor, forgotten working-class families, struggling to make ends meet. Yes also, but don’t forget the higher middle class. Gauche caviar exists, but extrême droite caviar exists as well, and even more so.