Jérôme Sainte-Marie is president of Polling Vox. He is notably the author of
Bloc contre bloc.
The Dynamics of Macronism
(2019, Éditions du Cerf).
Le Figaro.
- Does the state of opinion today allow us to decide between the right?
Jérôme SAINTE-MARIE.
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There is no natural right-wing candidate for the presidential election.
First of all because none of the personalities tested in the polls has, to date, qualified for the second round of the presidential election.
There are about ten points.
Then, because their scores, obviously virtual at this stage, are hardly far apart.
Finally, no partisan mechanism can no longer guarantee an incontestable legitimacy.
To read also: Presidential 2022: will the candidate of the right be chosen by the polls?
We must mention here the fairly recent formula of the primary.
She was credited with all the virtues, she is today adorned with all the vices.
In fact, in the first round of the 2017 presidential election, among the four candidates who came out on top, three had not been appointed at the end of such a procedure,
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