 This was the response from the party's leader, Marine Le Pen. Democracy has spoken, and the voters have placed the National Rally and its allies in the lead and virtually erased the presidential bloc. The French people have therefore clearly expressed their wish to start afresh after seven years of contemptuous and corrosive power. I've been hearing from Marine Le Pen supporters on how a party so long considered a fringe grouping has won the largest share of the vote.