A poll on Friday showed the tightest gap ever, with Le Pen seen winning 49% of votes in a likely runoff against the president, her best polling score on record. The poll, published on BFM TV’s website https://www.bfmtv.com/politique/elections/presidentielle/sondage-bfmtv-presidentielle-emmanuel-macron-et-marine-le-pen-desormais-au-coude-a-coude-aux-deux-tours_AN-202204080463.html, showed that Macron had lost a further two points at 26% support and Le Pen had gained two points to 25%. STRATEGIC VOTE In his last scheduled interview before Sunday’s vote, Macron reiterated his warning against the rising far-right. “They play with the fear,” Macron told online news outlet Brut on Friday in a last-minute appeal to progressive-leaning, younger voters. Other than Macron and Le Pen, this trend is set to favor far-left veteran Jean-Luc Melenchon who – also on an upward trend – ranks third with around 17% of forecast votes.

Source: National Post April 08, 2022 23:42 UTC