
France-Presidential: D-1 of the ballot under electoral silence

On D-1 of the presidential election, the candidates no longer have the right to decide, giving way to silence a few hours before a very uncertain vote. The gap between Emmanuel Macron and Marine Le Pen is very tight.
Since midnight Friday, the first round campaign has officially ended, plunging France into electoral silence.
The twelve candidates vying for the presidential office no longer have the right to speak or hold rallies. The latest poll of voting intentions carried out by Ipsos, gives Emmanuel Macron in the lead with 26.5%, followed by Marine Le Pen with 23%, and Jean Luc Mélenchon with 16.5%.
On Saturday, the vote has already started for a good number of French people outside the metropolis. It concerns voters in overseas territories, in particular the Caribbean, but also the American continent. The date of April 10 concerns the rest of the world.
The outcome of the ballot is uncertain as voting trends point to an ever-tightening gap between Emmanuel Macron and his far-right rival Marine Le Pen, who was lifted by the appearance of Erix Zemmour in the political game, a candidate of “appearance” more extreme than her. But basically, their speech is the same.
According to the polls, a second round will therefore oppose President Emmanuel Macron and Marine Le Pen as in 2017, but this time, it seems that she has won her chances of winning the ballot in the second round, in particular thanks to the speech of Eric Zemmour who appears more focused on Islam and immigration.
If this is the case, she will be the first woman president of the republic in France but above all the first far-right president, ensuring a very worrying turn for millions of French people of foreign origin or foreigners living in France. .
But the first round can hold surprises, in particular because of the very large number of voters still undecided and the formidable factor of abstention.
Jean-Luc Mélenchon, of the radical left, given in third position, wants to embody a third way to block the rise of the extreme right. He called on voters on the left, split and represented by several candidates, to vote in his favor, but he is far behind Marine Le Pen.
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