Poll: Marine Le Pen and Eric Zemmour tied in the first round of the presidential election

About 2 months before the first round of the presidential election, the gap is closing between Marine Le Pen and Eric Zemmour.

In any case, this is what the latest Ipsos-Sopra Steria poll predicts for Le Parisien / Today in France and France Info, revealed on Saturday.

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Until then, Marine Le Pen had maintained a slight lead over her rival, the Reconquest candidate.

But by gaining 2 points of intention to vote, Eric Zemmour climbs alongside the candidate of the National Rally to obtain an equivalent score: 14%.

In fact, it would seem that the essayist could benefit from the vote of nearly a third of the Le Pen electorate in 2017 (32%).

The proximity of the two candidates in the poll also echoes the common temporality of their agenda: on Saturday, Marine Le Pen held a large meeting in Reims when Eric Zemmour held a meeting in Lille.

4,000 militants in the first, 8,000 for the second came to hunt on lands historically attached to the party of Marine Le Pen.

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In one month, Marine Le Pen has dropped by 3 points in intention to vote.

The Ipsos-Sopra Steria poll also points out that only 55% of those who voted for her in the first round of the presidential election in 2017 want to do it again, while they were 62% in the last poll.

In fact, still according to the poll, it would seem that the essayist could benefit from the vote of nearly a third of the Le Pen electorate in 2017 (32%).

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also specifies that both would potentially qualify for the second round if the election took place next Sunday.

Whether facing Eric Zemmour or Marine Le Pen, Emmanuel Macron would nevertheless be declared the winner, "

": 61% against 39 in the first case, 57% against 43 in the second.

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