Municipal: the French still do not know for whom they will vote on March 15

Seventeen days before the first round of municipal elections, the French still do not know which ballot they will put on March 15 in the ballot boxes. An uncertainty that weighs on the results. According to our Odoxa poll for Le Figaro , Franceinfo and Dentsu, only 45% are sure to vote and for which list. Conversely, 30% of them, even if they are sure they are going to vote, do not yet know for whom, while 11% do not yet know if they will carry out their electoral duties, i.e. another 41% of undecided voters.

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Supporters of the National Rally, the Republicans and LREM are the most certain of their choice with 65%, 62% and 61% respectively. Green sympathizers are the least determined with only 32% who have already made their choice. Just under half of the electorate has not yet made up its mind. Some of them could even join declared abstainers who, according to our survey, make up 14% of those questioned.

For municipal governments, the stakes are above all local. Voters who have already made their choice highlight the fact that the list chosen "can improve things" (46%), but also quite simply to re-elect the outgoing municipal team (32%). But they are for example only 14% to choose a list to sanction Emmanuel Macron and 11% to sanction the outgoing municipal team.

A cabinet reshuffle

What themes do they consider a priority for the mayor who will be leaving the polls on March 22? Unsurprisingly, it is the safety of goods and people that ranks first (49%), far ahead of local economic development (35%), the environment (35%), cleanliness (32%), circulation (21%).

If the stakes are above all local in these elections, the post-municipal is much more national. The possibility of a cabinet reshuffle, sometimes mentioned in the alleys of power, seems to be obvious to the French. No less than 65% believe that the head of state should use it, of which 47% even call for a change of prime minister. RN voters are the warmest supporters of a reshuffle (80%), most of whom (72%) want a new tenant in Matignon. In contrast, supporters of En Marche are naturally the most opposed to the change of government team: 11% want Edouard Philippe to leave his post.