THE QUESTION.
“Macron is the worst elected of the presidents of the Fifth Republic.”
This is what Jean-Luc Mélenchon said on the evening of the victory of Emmanuel Macron, who collected 58.5% of the votes against Marine Le Pen who, she collected 42% of the votes.
But is this statement correct?
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LET'S CHECK.
In reality, in strict terms of the number of votes, Emmanuel Macron is far from being the one who won the fewest.
In 2017, he obtained a total of more than 20.7 million votes.
Much less however than Jacques Chirac in 2002 who, against Jean-Marie Le Pen, collected more than 25.5 million.
And much more than the score obtained by Georges Pompidou in 1969, or 11 million votes.
Here is the ranking of the scores obtained by all the presidents of the Fifth Republic:
Jacques Chirac (2002): 25,537,956
Emmanuel Macron (2017): 20,743,128
Nicolas Sarkozy (2007): 18,983,138
Francois Hollande (2012): 18,000,668
Francois Mitterrand (1988): 16,704,279
Jacques Chirac (1995): 15,763,027
Francois Mitterrand (1981): 15,708,262
Valery Giscard d'Estaing (1974): 13,396,203
Charles de Gaulle (1965): 13,083,699
Georges Pompidou (1969): 11,064,371
However, Emmanuel Macron's election was marked by a low turnout.
On April 24, 28.2% of voters chose not to go to the polls, the second highest abstention rate under…
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