
Behind Marine Le Pen and Jean-Luc Mélenchon, the mayor of Cannes stands out in a new electoral barometer.
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An Opinionway survey for Les Échos and Radio Classique measures voting intentions in France.
Behind Marine Le Pen and Jean-Luc Mélenchon, still in the lead and qualified for the second round, David Lisnard is credited with at least 10% of voting intentions, only one point behind Édouard Philippe and Raphaël Glucksmann, according to an Opinionway poll for Les Échos and Radio Classique published Thursday.
The mayor of Cannes and leader of the New Energy party makes a resounding entry into this electoral barometer: tested for the first time, it reaches 10% in the scenario where Édouard Philippe and Gabriel Attal would both be candidates, 11% if the mayor of Le Havre was the sole “candidate of the center” and 12% against the sole leader of Renaissance.
The only candidate making progress, Jean-Luc Mélenchon consolidates his second place
Édouard Philippe continues to lose points, at 11% in the event of a duel with Gabriel Attal or 12% without his young centrist rival. The latter is also losing ground, at 10% without competition from the boss of Horizons, but barely 4% in the event of a clash with him. The candidacy of David Lisnard also changes the situation for the social democratic candidate Raphaël Glucksmann, who falls by three points in all scenarios, to 13% against Édouard Philippe, 12% against Gabriel Attal and 11% if both run.
Same gap for Bruno Retailleau (LR), who wins by three to four points, at 6% against Gabriel Attal and only 4% in the other two cases. The only candidate making progress, Jean-Luc Mélenchon (LFI) consolidates his second place at 16% or 17%, still very far from Marine Le Pen (RN), in slight decline but credited with 34% in the three hypotheses. The five other candidates tested (Marine Tondelier, Éric Zemmour, Fabien Roussel, Nicolas Dupont-Aignan, Nathalie Arthaud) progress between 1% and 3%.
A poll, like any opinion survey, is a snapshot of the moment with no predictive value. Survey carried out from November 9 to 10, among a sample of 982 people representative of the French population aged 18 and over, using the quota method. The margin of error is between 1.4 and 3.1 points.
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