French President Emmanuel Macron is expected to win the first round of the French presidential election on April 10, but the gap with the far-right party National Rally (RN) candidate Marine Le Pen continues to close. It became clear in the result of the opinion poll released on the 3rd.
According to the results of a survey conducted by Ifop on the intention of voting commissioned by the French newspaper Le Journal du Dimanche (JDD), Macron’s approval rating was 27%, down from 29.5% in the survey two weeks ago. Le Pen’s approval rating rose 3.5 points to 22%, second only to Macron. In third place is Jean-Luc Melanchon, a radical leftist, up 2 points to 15%.
If there is no candidate to win the majority in the first vote, the top two will vote on the 24th.
The survey was conducted online from March 31st to April 1st, targeting 1405 adults. The error rate is 1.4-3.1 points.
Original title:Macron’s Lead Over Le Pen Narrows in Poll a Week Before Vote(excerpt)