Almost seven in ten left supporters (66%) think it is better "
for the different sensibilities of the left to be united behind a common candidate so that the left has a better chance of qualifying for the second round
", according to one Ipsos-Sopra Steria survey for
Le Parisien
and
Franceinfo
conducted from October 21 to 22, 2021.
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On the other hand, they are 64% to think that the different sensitivities of the left will not manage to unite behind a common candidate against 36% to judge that such a union is possible "
probably
" or "
certainly
".
In the latest Ifop-Fiducial opinion poll for
Le Figaro
and
LCI
on the 2022 presidential election, all left-wing candidates collect around 25% of the voting intentions.
"
The left has never been so weak,
" noted Frédéric Dabi, Director General Opinion of Ifop.
The question of the candidate who could make the link is crucial.
Out of all the supporters of the left, 25% of those questioned by the Ipsos poll think that Jean-Luc Mélenchon is best placed to be this common candidate, followed far behind by Anne Hidalgo (15%), by Yannick Jadot ( 14%) and Arnaud Montebourg (10%) and Fabien Roussel (6%).
On the other hand, they are 26% to hope for this joint candidacy "
regardless
" of the candidate, "as
long as they unite
".
"Incompatible differences"
A union behind a single candidacy would necessarily require concessions from each political sensibility within the left. The Ipsos-Sopra Steria poll therefore asks left-wing supporters about the differences and the ability to bring together candidates who are currently declared. 55% think that there are "
incompatible differences
" between Jean-Luc Mélenchon and Anne Hidalgo, 49% also between Jean-Luc Mélenchon and Arnaud Montebourg, and 54% between Jean-Luc Mélenchon and Yannick Jadot.
Conversely, nearly 50% believe that the differences are surmountable between Arnaud Montebourg and Anne Hidalgo, between Yannick Jadot and Arnaud Montebourg and between Anne Hidalgo and Yannick Jadot. Unsurprisingly, the EELV candidate and the Socialist Party candidate therefore appear to be the closest in the eyes of supporters of the left, while Jean-Luc Mélenchon, on the other hand, is the most isolated.
The leader of France Insoumise remains for the moment one of the best placed neck and neck with Yannick Jadot, invested candidate by the militants of his party at the end of September.
Then comes Anne Hidalgo who vegetates in the voting intentions, a month and a half after having declared herself a candidate in Rouen, around 4 to 7%.
According to the Ipsos poll which then points to the handicaps of the Socialist Party candidate, 42% of left supporters think that she "
does not understand enough the French who live outside Paris
" and 29% that "
her proposals are not credible
”.
The mayor of Paris brings together the socialist family in Lille on Saturday for a first meeting intended to reassure his camp and give new impetus to his presidential campaign which does not manage to take off.