Centrist Emmanuel Macron would come out ahead of far right leader Marine Le Pen in the first round of France`s presidential election before going on to win a runoff vote against her, a Harris Interactive poll showed on Thursday.
Macron would win 26 percent of the vote in the April 23 first round followed by Le Pen with 25 percent, the poll showed, the second so far to give the popular former economy minister a first round lead.
Conservative Francois Fillon`s struggle to overcome allegations that members of his family were paid public money for work they did not really do has also benefited Macron.
While Le Pen`s score was unchanged from the last time the poll was conduced two weeks ago, Macron`s surged six percentage points after he unveiled his campaign manifesto and veteran centrist Francois Bayrou gave him his support.
0 comments:
Post a Comment