
Analysis of the electoral strategy of the president of Reconquest against Marine Le Pen
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In 2022, Éric Zemmour had broken through in the polls to the point of being on par with Marine Le Pen from the end of January to mid-March, before the “useful vote” reflex allowed the RN candidate to take off.
If there is one who knows the force of ebb and flow in a campaign, it is Éric Zemmour. Five years ago, having surprised with a campaign as transgressive in substance as it was original in form, he had broken through in the polls to the point of being on par with Marine Le Pen, from the end of January to mid-March; before the “useful vote” reflex allows the RN candidate to take off. This time the electoral power of the member for Hénin-Beaumont guarantees her place in the second round. This is a chance for the president of Reconquest. Because voters seduced by his speech to “preserve a French France”, more radical and more uninhibited than that of Marine Le Pen, could vote for him without preventing the favorite of 2027 from winning.
This perspective, however, will not be enough for Éric Zemmour to shake up political life on the right as he did in 2022. On the observation – “France is no longer France” – and on…

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