Christian Jouault

Anyone looking for electoral contradictions need look no further than Christian Jouault, a French immigrant from Normandy who has lived in the US for the past 23 years. The 47-year-old owner of "Le Café Bastille" restaurant has both US and French nationalities; he voted for far-right leader Marine Le Pen in France's last presidential election and Barack Obama in early voting in Florida.

Despite the fact that Le Pen is often accused of being racist and Obama is black, Jouault insists that his voting record is consistent. "The Democrats would be considered a right-wing party in France," he said. "And most French expats in Miami are pro-Obama, but voted for [Former French President Nicolas] Sarkozy or Le Pen in France."

Jouault, who moved to the US because he "didn't feel free" in France, said that there are too many government-run social programmes in his native country, while the US could learn a thing or two from France's publicly-funded healthcare system. "Obamacare is good for the States. It's outrageous that one of my employees, who's diabetic, was rejected by all the private insurance companies."

As for Romney, Jouault says he is not impressed. "He's a businessman like me," the garrulous Frenchman shrugged. "That doesn't mean he'd be a good president."