While he has still not officially declared himself a candidate, outgoing President Emmanuel Macron continues to be popular in the polls for the presidential election next April.
According to this study carried out among 1,000 people, nearly one in four French people (24%) would indeed vote Macron in the first round. A score that has remained stable over the last three months.
The Republican candidate, Valérie Pécresse, is credited with 18% of the voting intentions, as is the far-right candidate, Marine Le Pen. Pécresse thus confirms her good progress, she who still only collected 8% of the votes last September. The candidate of the National Rally is also reassured. In free fall in the polls since November, it has gained two points compared to the December forecast.
If they reach the second round, however, neither Pécresse nor Le Pen would manage to overshadow Macron. In the event of a Macron-Le Pen match, the first is given as the winner at 56%. In a Macron-Pécresse duel, the outgoing president would be re-elected with 53% of the vote.
The other extremist candidate, Eric Zemmour, is also progressing. The columnist and polemicist would thus collect 13% of the votes in the first round.
The left undermined by its disunity
On the other side of the political spectrum, the left is still struggling. No candidate manages to reach the bar of 10% of voting intentions. The first to emerge is the candidate of La France Insoumise, Jean-Luc Mélenchon, with 9% of the vote. The former Minister of Justice, Christiane Taubira, would collect 5% of the votes, as would the ecologist Yannick Jadot. The EELV candidate thus falls by 3 points compared to the December forecasts.
Socialist Anne Hidalgo would only collect 2% of the vote, probably suffering from Taubira’s new candidacy. The current mayor of Paris is thus positioned behind the communist Fabien Roussel (3%).
As a reminder, the first round of the presidential election is scheduled for Sunday, April 10. The second round will be held two weeks later, on April 24.