Poll: Macron down but still in the lead, Le Pen and Mélenchon are progressing

Europe 1 with AFP 1:02 p.m., March 22, 2022

Power relations that are becoming clearer, three weeks before the first round of the presidential election.

The outgoing head of state loses 3.5 points of intention to vote, compared to the previous survey carried out last week for BFMTV and L'Express with SFR.

In the meantime, he presented Thursday, in front of the press, his candidate program, with in particular the reform of pensions at 65 years old.

It is given at 27.5%, ahead of Marine Le Pen who progresses with 20% while Jean-Luc Mélenchon stands out at 15%, according to an Elabe poll published on Tuesday.

In second position, the RN candidate Marine Le Pen gains two points.

In the trio of their pursuers, the candidate of the Popular Union Jean-Luc Mélenchon progresses by one point, widening the gap with Valérie Pécresse (LR) and Eric Zemmour (Reconquest!), both at 10% of the intentions of vote.

Valérie Pécresse loses 1.5 points, Eric Zemmour half a point.

Anne Hidalgo stagnates at 1.5%

In sixth position, the environmental candidate Yannick Jadot lost half a point in one week, to 4.5% of voting intentions, ahead of the communist candidate Fabien Roussel, stable at 3.5%.

Nicolas Dupont-Aignan (Debout la France) gains 1.5 points, at 3% of voting intentions, and Jean Lassalle one point, at 3% also.

Socialist Anne Hidalgo is stable at 1.5%, the same score as Philippe Poutou (NPA) who gains 0.5 points.

Nathalie Arthaud (LO) brings up the rear with 0.5%.

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As a reminder, voting intentions do not constitute a forecast of the outcome of the ballot.

They give an indication of the balance of power and dynamics on the day of the survey.

The survey was conducted online on March 20 and 21, using the quota method, with a sample of 1,551 people representative of residents of mainland France aged 18 and over, including 1,450 registered on the electoral lists.