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Emmanuel Macron pulls AHEAD of Marine Le Pen in snap poll following fiery TV debate clash
Express UK ^ | 4 May 2017 | Vincent Wood

Posted on 05/04/2017 7:38:17 AM PDT by Rockitz

FRENCH presidential candidate Emmanuel Macron has pulled ahead of right-wing firebrand Marine Le Pen after a furious war of words in the last TV debate ahead of Sunday’s vote, a snap poll has claimed.

Ms Le Pen made the most of her final opportunity to trade blows with the En Marche! candidate by hitting out at the political establishment, slamming the crumbling EU bloc and branding her competitor a “darling of the system”.

But her explosive performance did not do enough to push her ahead of Mr Macron according to a snap Elabe Poll for French TV channel BFMTV.

Voters are believed to have found Emmanuel Macron more convincing than the former Front National leader, with 63 per cent saying they were swayed by the centrist candidate and only 34 per cent backing the arguments of Ms Le Pen.

(Excerpt) Read more at express.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2017frenchelections; franceelection; franceelectionpoll; lepen; mfta
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Trump II coming?

Hopefully more fake polls from the foreign variety of fake news.

1 posted on 05/04/2017 7:38:17 AM PDT by Rockitz
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To: Rockitz

um... Macron was ALWAYS ahead... and it wasn’t even close.

Anyone that has faith in the French... needs to get their heads checked.


2 posted on 05/04/2017 7:39:36 AM PDT by TexasFreeper2009 (Make America Great Again !)
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To: Rockitz

He was already ahead.

Very odd headline.


3 posted on 05/04/2017 7:39:52 AM PDT by ConservativeMind (Trump: Befuddling Democrats, Republicans, and the Media for the benefit of the US and all mankind.)
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To: Rockitz

“Macron pulls AHEAD of Marine Le Pen”

I thought he was always ahead and she is the one coming up from behind. Sounds like fake news to me.


4 posted on 05/04/2017 7:40:04 AM PDT by Parley Baer
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To: Parley Baer

Nah. Probably due to the lyin’ king endorsement. ;-)


5 posted on 05/04/2017 7:40:54 AM PDT by rktman (Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?!)
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To: Rockitz

I am hoping Marcon is the same “10 points ahead” as HilLIARy was.


6 posted on 05/04/2017 7:41:45 AM PDT by Mr. K (***THERE IS NO CONSEQUENCE OF REPEALING OBAMACARE THAT IS WORSE THAN OBAMACARE ITSELF***)
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To: Rockitz

Can the author point to a poll where Macron was not ahead of Le Pen? He’s always been leading in the polls. So was Hillary.


7 posted on 05/04/2017 7:42:54 AM PDT by pgkdan (The Silent Majority Stands With TRUMP!)
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To: TexasFreeper2009
True enough...

Le Pen was never going to be able to "Make France Great Again." The best we could hope for was that she could "Make France Tolerable Again."

MFTA!!!

8 posted on 05/04/2017 7:44:35 AM PDT by Rockitz (This is NOT rocket science - Follow the money and you'll find the truth.)
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To: pgkdan

We nearly put a rapist back in the White House.

France is close to having a pedophile as Firsy Lady.


9 posted on 05/04/2017 7:44:36 AM PDT by Chauncey Gardiner
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To: Rockitz
This is truly amazing.

For any who are inclinded look up Lauren Southern's latest youtube videos. She has been in Paris the past few days, week.

Things are blowing up everywhere. Fires, bombs, destruction, mayhem--the entire city is under siege. AND THIS IS JUST FROM THEIR OWN LEFTISTS, not even the Islamists.

That people are STILL not ready is mind blowing.

France is going to fall. And soon.

10 posted on 05/04/2017 7:46:54 AM PDT by riri
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To: Mr. K

Even if Macron gets all the swing votes (and no one ever has)...there is no way Marine Le Pen can win.


11 posted on 05/04/2017 7:49:44 AM PDT by C210N
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To: Rockitz

Mme. Le Pen is and remains the underdog, and M. Macron remains the favorite. I don’t consider it likely that she wins, but I am curious about how much the debate boosts her support. Indeed, the Front Nationale doesn’t have to win, but gain enough support that they can no longer be ignored.

If she gets over 40%, and is able to leverage a respectable showing into a significant FN vote in the National Assembly elections on 11 and 18 (run off) June 2017. That in and of itself may force the establishment in a somewhat more sensible direction.


12 posted on 05/04/2017 7:51:13 AM PDT by drop 50 and fire for effect ("Work relentlessly, accomplish much, remain in the background, and be more than you seem.)
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To: Rockitz

Or make france a bit more french again.


13 posted on 05/04/2017 7:51:38 AM PDT by epluribus_2 (he had the best mom - ever.)
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To: Rockitz

Natural selection has largely been eliminated from our society. That is how leftists can survive and reproduce.


14 posted on 05/04/2017 7:51:45 AM PDT by MtnClimber (For photos of Colorado scenery and wildlife, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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To: Rockitz

Conservatives here don’t want to understand that France is not America even America is just barely America anymore. France is full of poor people dependent on the government. And they are brainwashed with liberalism.


15 posted on 05/04/2017 7:53:34 AM PDT by Williams (Stop tolerating the intolerant.)
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To: drop 50 and fire for effect

I wonder who Mirelle Mathieu supports?


16 posted on 05/04/2017 7:53:47 AM PDT by RitchieAprile (we need to organically gamify our skillsets)
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To: Rockitz

And our polls said Hitlery was always ahead of Mr. Trump. Look what happened here!


17 posted on 05/04/2017 7:58:46 AM PDT by Polyxene (Out of the depths I have cried to Thee, O Lord; Lord, hear my voice.)
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To: Rockitz; All

But, but, but the polls also predicted that BREXIT Polls indicated “an average of 48% Remain, 46% Leave and 6% undecided ahead of the vote.”

Pretty much the same prediction for Trump v. Clinton.

Fun to watch, hope she wins!


18 posted on 05/04/2017 8:00:17 AM PDT by areukiddingme1 (areukiddingme1 is a synonym for a Retired U.S. Navy Chief Petty Officer and tired of liberal BS.))
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To: Rockitz

Fake news using fake polls. Where have we seen that before?


19 posted on 05/04/2017 8:15:39 AM PDT by tennmountainman ("Prophet Mountainman" Predicter Of All Things RINO...for a small pittance)
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To: Rockitz
France is NOT America. The Never Trumpers bashed Donald endlessly, but despite their threats they didn't vote for Hillary. In France the "Never Le Pens" along with the Socialists and even Commies, will all vote for Macron. He will win in a landslide. It will be the last fatal act in the destruction of France.

Sorry. You have good souls, and I hate giving good people bad news.


20 posted on 05/04/2017 8:35:37 AM PDT by montag813
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