French far-right leader Marine Le Pen spent Sunday night dancing at her party headquarters to the sounds of Joan Jetts I Love Rock n Roll and the Village Peoples Y.M.C.A. Le Pen had just been soundly defeated in Frances final round of presidential elections, but she appeared characteristically unfazed.

Le Pen was always a long shot to win the presidency, trailing independent Emmanuel Macron by around 20 percent in polls before the vote. Ultimately, she received just under 34 percent of the vote, a landslide loss that fell short of her National Front partys expectations and saw French voters from many different demographics rallying to oppose her.

Still, Le Pens movement is unlikely to fade from Frances political scene any time soon. The National Front has been embedded in French politics for decades , and over the long term, support for Europes far-right populists has been growing amid the collapse of traditional party systems . Le Pens election result, though worse than polls predicted, is still the best that Frances far right has ever performed.

Le Pen faces a sizable challenge, however, in figuring out how to change French perceptions of her and the National Front if she wants to reach a wider range of voters. She could also face internal challenges to her leadership if the National Front crashes out of parliamentary elections next month.