When one analyses the first round French presidential election results in detail and examines the vote in the major cities and compares it with the regions some very striking differences emerge which illustrate the divide in French society today. For example, in the city of Paris, the great metropolis of France, the National front is a minor player which receives no more than 7.43 % of the vote even in the arrondisements where the vote of Nicholas Sarkozy is weaker, like for example the thirteenth arrondisement in the south east of Paris around Place d’Italie. But if one leaves the metropolis and heads to the south of France or the high unemployment regions in the north, the National Front vote soars into the 20 plus percentage range like for example Vaucluse in Provence north of Marseille where Marie Le Pen scored 27.5 % of the vote. At that level of support the National front will elect many members of municipal councils, as well as some  seats in the national assembly and its influence will likely increase. It is therefore a worrisome development considering the ultra right origins of the Front and its positions on immigration and immigrants. The fact that it receives considerable support from those from the less well educated members of the working class and more marginal workers needs to be addressed by politicians from the more centrist leaning parties who have advocated policies which have stressed these vulnerable  members of French society. Unemployment in this region  of France has been above 10.4 % since the second quarter of 2009. In the fourth quarter of 2011 it stood at 11.2 %. The Parisien rate is somewhat  lower. In the north Le Pen also got well above 20 % in regions like Pas de Calais where unemployment is 12.7 %  and Somme where unemployment is also elevated.