Is this just for the president or is France having regional and local elections as well? If you are having elections for "smaller" positions, are they just as heated? Also, why the delay for the next vote. Why don't they do it all in a week and get shit over with?
It is just for the president. Regional elections will be held in 2021, and local elections in 2020. The presidential election is the one which gets people crazy the most, but there are still some tensions in regionals and local elections. What’s going to be up soon after are the Legislative Election in June (first round: 11 june, second round: 18 june), which will let the people vote for members of parliament. It will also be a very interesting election (as Trump said about this one) as it will tell if the President will be able to execute his program easily or if there is going to be a lot of opposition if he doesn’t get the majority. The delay of two weeks between the two rounds is due to the delay necessary by the Constitutional Council to check if there is any complaint, to announce the official results, and to let the possibility of one candidate to withdraw.