Posted on 01/20/2012 7:00:23 AM PST by Kaslin
Latest polls show French President Sarkozy is losing ground to right-wing anti-euro candidate Marine Le Pen in the first round of the France presidential election. Via Google translate, please consider Le Pen and Bayrou Back
Those surveys were conducted January 11 to 13 - when the Standard & Poor's withdrew to France's triple A rating.François Hollande is still leading the voting intentions of a presidential first round to 28%, unchanged from January 6, according to a poll Ifop-Fiducial. Nicolas Sarkozy, who is still not officially a candidate, lost two points to 24%. Marine Le Pen gains 1 point to 20% and Francois Bayrou 12.5%.
Another survey (Ipsos-Logica Business) has the results Holland 29%, 23% to Sarkozy, Le Pen is 18% and 14% Bayrou.
The Socialist candidate Francois Hollande is still ahead of the vote in a presidential first round to 28%, unchanged from January 6, ahead of Nicolas Sarkozy to 24% (-2%) and Marine Le Pen 20% (+1%), according to a survey conducted for Ifop-Fiducial.
If the second round was held Sunday, François Hollande would win by 57% (+3) against 43% (-3) for Nicolas Sarkozy, thus widening the gap.
Another survey of opinions Ipsos-Logica Business, carried out for France Televisions, Radio France and Le Monde, gives the same quarter of head. François Hollande arrives again at the top of the vote of a presidential first round to 29% (-3), Nicolas Sarkozy at 23% (-2.5), Marine Le Pen 18% (+1) Francois Bayrou and 14 % (+7).
In the second round, Francois Hollande would win by 59% (-1) against 41% to Nicolas Sarkozy (+1).
Crossover Vote Opportunity to Dump SarkozyFrench leader Nicolas Sarkozy faces a battle to avoid a shock first round exit in April presidential elections, a poll showed on Thursday, after far-right candidate Marine Le Pen closed to within two points of the incumbent.
A daily rolling poll of voting intentions conducted by Ifop for Paris Match showed Marine Le Pen on 21 percent, up one point and within striking distance of the conservative head of state.
The poll was the latest to confirm that Sarkozy is under pressure from Le Pen ahead of the April 22 first round, and raises the possibility of a repeat of the 2002 upset, when her father Jean-Marie Le Pen knocked out the mainstream Socialist candidate Lionel Jospin.
That result traumatised France, with hundreds of thousands taking to the streets in protest marches against the rise of the far-right. And it ensured mainstream conservative Jacques Chirac won a crushing majority in the run-off ballot of more than 80 percent.
Marine Le Pen, who replaced her father at the head of the National Front last year, has sought to broaden the appeal of the party beyond its traditional anti-immigrant constituency to attract a younger generation of voters.
Her anti-euro and protectionist stance has struck a chord with voters disillusioned by economic hardship since the global economic crisis triggered by the collapse of Lehman Brothers in 2008, and the dragging euro zone debt crisis.
A recent poll showed some 30 percent of French people agreed with Le Pen's ideas.
The irony here is Sarkozy was called RIGHT WING by the press when he was running.
Apparently in France, someone whose politics is akin to America’s Democrats is right wing.
Immigration is becoming THE issue in France and most of Europe. The preservation of culture and values is central to the political battles being waged. Unlike the US, diversity and multiculturalism are not seen as strengths. Europe understands that their survival is at stake, we don’t.
Anyone know when their election is? I’m heading to Barritz in mid June.....
That would be a good thing if this happened, and who knows maybe this time France really would go “right-wing” if not, at least they lose a pro Euro-Socialist pseudo-conservative!~ J.S.
The other side has claimed he took cash campaign donations, politics as usual, just in another country.
If anyone opened the door leaning Right, after all France is not the United States and why would we think everyone wants to be like us, Sarkozy has been Rightly leaning in comparison to the old France leadership, a forward thinking leader and should remain as so. Sarkozy understood socialism fails-Greece being a prime example; whereas Obama ..well what can I say about Obama that you don't already know. Easy to work off the accomplishments and successes of another.
Time for Sarkozy to go.
I hope to be over there end of May or early June myself.
According to Wikipedia the presidential election in France is held 22 April and 6 May 2012, the latter being used for a run-off if necessary.
Maybe I read this wrong, but it sounds like the socialist is going to win.
How does this make France right-wing?
LePen is not “right-wing.” He is a nationalist. I find it very interesting that most of his supporters would select the socialist candidate as their second choice, but hardly surprising as there have been other Nationalist-Socialist leaders to rule in France, particularly the early 1940s.
Actually, I was speaking of Jean-Marie, forgetting momentarily that Marine has taken up the mantle.
Marine LaPen is Jean Marie LaPen’s daughter, no?
Actually that is very true. Most modern Democrats would not find a home in European liberal parties. If you really want to get an idea of what it means to be liberal in Europe, imagine thousands of Obama’s trying to out liberal each other.
Yes, LePen’s “Rand.” ;^) (That’s a terribly unfair joke; I’m just not sure who it’s unfair to.)
You say, France is going right? That’s wishful thinking when all the surveys show a landslide victory for the Socialist candidate Hollande.
The only move to the right is the small gain fro Mrs Le Pen compared to Sarcozy, who’s doomed anyway.
Well, I’d like you to be right, but alas...
Darling, Le Pen is not he, she is she. Madame Le Pen, The daughter of the late Mr Le Pen. Who was ‘he’.
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