[Four new polls have found Emmanuel Macron has 62 per cent support among voters, well above the 39 per cent for Marine Le Pen. Another poll, from Ifop and Fiducial, puts Mr Macron at a staggering 63 per cent, while his rival trails behind at just 37 per cent. ... In 2002 Jacques Chirac won more than 80 per cent of the vote against Ms Le Pen’s father and Front National founder Jean-Marie Le Pen. But the chances of a Ms Le Pen victory this time have been boosted by a wave of right-wing populism in the wake of Brexit and Donald Trump’s victory. The Brexit campaign and Mr Trump managed to prove the polls wrong. But populist Geert Wilders lost the Dutch election in March.]
http://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/800840/French-election-2017-who-will-win-Marine-Le-Pen-Emmanuel-Macron-next-president-France Who will win French election 2017? Will Marine Le Pen or Macron become the next president? EMMANUEL Macron looks increasingly likely to beat Marine Le Pen in the French election after surging ahead in the latest polls. But can Marine Le Pen still win? By ALICE FOSTER PUBLISHED: 16:37, Fri, May 5, 2017 | UPDATED: 16:58, Fri, May 5, 2017 Four new polls have found Emmanuel Macron has 62 per cent support among voters, well above the 39 per cent for Marine Le Pen. Another poll, from Ifop and Fiducial, puts Mr Macron at a staggering 63 per cent, while his rival trails behind at just 37 per cent. Aarti Shankar, a policy analyst at Open Europe, said: “In my opinion, I think a Macron victory is almost certain. I do believe that Macron will be President after Sunday." Ms Shankar said that many voters would backed other candidates in the first round are now likely to unite against Ms Le Pen. In 2002 Jacques Chirac won more than 80 per cent of the vote against Ms Le Pen’s father and Front National founder Jean-Marie Le Pen. But the chances of a Ms Le Pen victory this time have been boosted by a wave of right-wing populism in the wake of Brexit and Donald Trump’s victory. The Brexit campaign and Mr Trump managed to prove the polls wrong. But populist Geert Wilders lost the Dutch election in March. Asked if Ms Le Pen could still win on Sunday, Ms Shankar said: “Anything is possible of course.” But she added that Ms Le Pen has a very “long way to go” to get the 17 to 18 million votes needed to win the French election. In the first round of the French election on Sunday April 23, Ms Le Pen lost to Mr Marcon and got under eight million votes. -- Peace Is Doable -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Green Youth Movement" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/greenyouth. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
