Paris (AFP)
Mayors remain the most popular elected representatives among the French, especially in small towns, according to an Odoxa poll for Franceinfo, France Bleu and the regional press.
63% of French people have a good opinion of their mayor, according to this survey published Tuesday, and this appreciation goes up to 68% among those who reside in municipalities of less than 2,000 inhabitants.
The rate of favorable opinions decreases in large cities: only 51% of residents surveyed in municipalities with more than 100,000 inhabitants have a good opinion of their mayor.
Mayors are in any case much more popular than regional presidents (38% of favorable opinions), deputies (35%), presidents of departments (35%) and senators (25%).
The mayor is also four times better known (only 9% of those surveyed do not know him) than the regional president and the deputy, five times more than the department president and six times more than the senator.
At five months of the municipal elections, 41% of the French do not yet know if they will vote for their outgoing mayor or another candidate. The remaining 58% is divided almost equally between those who want to re-elect the mayor or his dolphin (31%) and those who will vote for another candidate (27%).
Regarding the cumulation of functions, 78% of respondents believe that the post of minister is not compatible with a local mandate as that of municipal, departmental or regional councilor.
This survey was conducted on a representative sample of 3,005 people aged 18 years and over, according to the quota method, by self-administered questionnaire online from September 24 to September 30, 2019. Margin of error between 0.8 % and 1.8%.
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