In France, the hunt for votes for the presidential election begins: Macron against Le Pen, as in 2017. And the other candidates take sides: “We are not allowed to cast a single vote
Marine Le Pen, the radical left candidate told her supporters JeanLuc Melenchon, came third in the first round of the French presidential elections with around 20%.
Immediately after the conclusion of the elections, with only the exit polls, almost all the candidates have immediately announced who they will go to the second round with, although of course it will be necessary to see whether the voters will follow their candidate’s instructions or if they vote for the other candidate or leave the ballot box.
Eric Zemmour (who admits “I made mistakes”) puts his roughly 7% on Le Pen. “I have many disagreements with her, but before her is a man who has brought millions of immigrants and who will be worse off if he is reelected.” At him at the moment only the sovereign Nicolas Dupont Aignanwho urged the French to “build a wall” against Macron.
Vote France, Macron could have over 60%
The first to side with Macron was Anne Hidalgothe socialist candidate stops below 2% (historic failure for the party that was Francois Mitterand). They bonded closely Valerie Pecresse (Republican Gaullists, centerright), Yannik Jadot (Verdi) and Fabian Roussel (Communists). With 20% Melenchon, Macron would already be over 60%.
Marine Le Pen would reach 33.2% with the votes of Zemmour and Dupont Aignan. The center has yet to take sides Jean Lasalle (3.1%), the anticapitalist Philippe Poutou (0.7%) e.g Nathalie Arthaud (Workers are fighting, 0.6%), although it seems unlikely that they can support the farright candidate.
But to show that those percentages leave the time they find, two different polls projected in the second round give Macron’s lead much smaller. For Ipsos, Macron should reach 54% (obviously against Marine Le Pen’s 46%), while for Ifop, Macron would win with only 51% in the second round.
Elections France, Le Pen: “I will fix the country in 5 years”
The head of the Rassemblement National, Marine Le Pen, still claims the success of this election campaign, even if the very first exit polls have almost matched Macron. Le Pen promises his supporters that he will “put France in order in 5 years” if he wins the April 24 election. “All those who didn’t vote for Macron join me,” he said.
Presidential elections in France: the voice of Emmanuel Macron and Marine Le Pen
