One week before the first round of the presidential election, the gap is closing between Emmanuel Macron and Marine Le Pen, according to the latest Ifop poll carried out for the Journal du Dimanche.
The outgoing president is credited with 27% of the votes in the first ballot against 22% for the president of the National Rally.
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If Emmanuel Macron benefited from a rise of five points at the beginning of March, following the start of the conflict in Ukraine, the "
warlord
" effect seems to be over.
In two weeks, Emmanuel Macron has lost 2.5 points, unlike his RN opponent who easily takes second place on the podium.
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An ascent shared by Jean-Luc Mélenchon who also widens the gap with Valérie Pécresse and Éric Zemmour, who continue to drop out.
Today credited with 15% of the vote, the Insoumis candidate benefits from the "
useful vote
" on the left and tries to bring together the socialists, ecologists and other left-wing forces.
Yannick Jadot settles on a 5% plateau, allowing him to see his campaign costs reimbursed.
Fabien Roussel (3.5%), Jean Lassalle (2.5%), Nicolas Dupont-Aignan (2%), Anne Hidalgo (2%), Philippe Poutou (2%) and Nathalie Artaud (0.5%) remain stable.
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On the right, Éric Zemmour and Valérie Pécresse are fighting for fourth and fifth place, both continuing their fall in the polls.
The candidate Reconquest!
is credited with 10.5% while Valérie Pécresse has just fallen below the 10% mark with 9% of the voting intentions, still according to the latest Ifop poll carried out for the Journal du Dimanche.
A trend also felt by the daily barometer Ipsos-Sopra Steria for Le Parisien-Aujourd'hui en France and FranceInfo.
If the first round of the presidential election took place this Sunday, the outgoing president would collect 26% of the vote, Marine Le Pen, 21%, Jean-Luc Mélenchon, 15.5%, Eric Zemmour, 11%.
Below the fateful 10% mark would be Valérie Pécresse, 9.5%, Yannick Jadot 6%, Fabien Roussel, 3%, Jean Lassalle, 2.5%, Anne Hidalgo, 2%, Nicolas Dupont-Aignan , 1.5%, Philippe Poutou, 1.5% and Nathalie Artaud, 0.5%.
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In the second round, in the event of a Macron-Le Pen final, the president of the RN could, unlike 2017, benefit from vote transfers.
According to the poll for
Le Parisien
, 79% of voters in Zemmour say they are ready to vote for her on April 24, the same for 20% of people who voted for Mélenchon.
A duel which would therefore be tighter than 2017. The
JDD
even advances a battle at 53% for Macron, 47% for Marine Le Pen.
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The abstention rate remains high, 31% of French people do not intend to go to the polls next week.
By way of comparison, in 2017, the abstention rate was 22.23% in the first round, 25.44% in the second.