This is the subject that most preoccupies the French.
According to an Elabe poll conducted for BFMTV, purchasing power is by far the most important issue for the population in the presidential election.
45% of public opinion see it as a priority - four points more than the previous survey carried out on September 21 and 22.
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Six months from the deadline, it is on the issue of their wallets that citizens will pay close attention.
The institute also notes that interest in purchasing power has been on the rise for four months: 22 additional points in rural municipalities (55%) and 5 in large urban areas (39%).
Gender equality at the bottom of the ranking
While some candidates, like Eric Zemmour, focus most of their discourse on security and immigration, these two issues are actually far behind.
For the first, 30% of the population place it among the three most important subjects - 10% even cite it first.
The second is advanced by 27% of citizens - 9% cite it first.
Other concerns include health down three points (26%), the environment and ecology (25%), pensions (22%), employment (21%) and social inequalities and injustices (18%).
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However, less importance is given to questions of education (17%), the terrorist threat (16%) and taxation (13%).
Social protection (11%), public debt (8%), gender inequalities (6%), France's place in the world (5%) and housing (4%) do not appear either. be themes deemed to be crucial.
This same survey also tests the confidence index that the French place in the various candidates.
Emmanuel Macron takes the lead but collects a total confidence of only 30%.
He is followed by Xavier Bertrand (27%), Marine Le Pen (24%), Jean-Luc Mélenchon and Valérie Pécresse (22%), Eric Zemmour (19%), Michel Barnier (18%) and Yannick Jadot (17%) ).
The mayor of Paris Anne Hidalgo is at the same level as Nicolas Dupont-Aignan (16%).
