Maduro Vs Macron: How America Views "Contested Elections"

So over the last few months there's been elections in two countries under different situations that ended up with similar results: Venezuela and France. For France, the end result was an increase of political influence by it's leftist contingency (thanks in no small part to the coalition building performed by previously fractured left parties). For Venezuela, it meant that incumbent president Nicolas Maduro won a third term (of course, this depends on whether you believe sources like the Carter Center over the Washington Post).   

Currently both elections are being contested, in a fashion. Most of the opposition to Venezuela (and Maduro) is coming from the US (both politicians and the press). For France, the pushback seems to be from the centrists, lead by none other than President Emmanuel Macron himself. 

Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein certainly noticed the difference in the West's reaction to the two elections:

In short: All's fair in defeating leftists (no matter the shade of left).