In the delicate position of the outgoing president who concentrates criticism, Emmanuel Macron, is credited with 25% of voting intentions (- 4 points since a previous Kantar poll of March 21-23).
However, he benefits from a proportion of voters who say they are sure to vote for him of 76% five days before the first round.
The National Rally candidate Marine Le Pen jumped to 23% (+3 points) of voting intentions, in 2nd position, and confirmed her momentum in March.
His voters have the same confidence as those of Emmanuel Macron regarding their choice of vote (73%).
The presidential race Cléa PÉCULIER AFP
LFI candidate Jean-Luc Mélenchon continues to progress (16%, +2 points) and consolidates his position as third man.
Eric Zemmour, stable at 11%, is ahead of the LR candidate Valérie Pécresse who shows a sharp drop (8%, -2 points).
Sixth in the standings and last candidate to have reached the 5% mark, the ecologist Yannick Jadot has benefited from a slight increase (5%, +0.5 points) in voting intentions.
The communist candidate Fabien Roussel is joined by Jean Lassalle (Résistons!, + 1 point) at 3%.
The elected representative of Pyrénées-Atlantique thus overtakes the socialist candidate and mayor of Paris Anne Hidalgo (2.5%, +0.5 points).
Nicolas Dupont-Aignan (Debout la France) is down slightly at the back of the pack (2%, -0.5 points) while the two Trotskyist candidates Philippe Poutou (NPA) and Nathalie Arthaud (LO) bring up the rear respectively at 1 % and 0.5%.
The candidate Debout La France for the French presidential election Nicolas Dupont-Aignan in front of the Georges-Pompidou hospital in Paris, April 4, 2022 Thomas SAMSON AFP
Voting intentions do not constitute a forecast of the outcome of the vote.
They give an indication of the balance of power and dynamics on the day of the survey.
Survey carried out on April 4 and 5, according to the quota method, with a sample of 1,467 people representative of residents of the French population aged 18 and over, including 1,394 registered on the electoral lists.
Margin of error between 0.4 and 2.3 points.
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