‘It’s plague or cholera’ Anger at French election could secure Marine Le Pen VICTORY
FRENCH voters are expected to turn out in low numbers in a shift which could see right-wing firebrand Marine Le Pen surge to victory.
By VINCENT WOOD
Rxpress.co.uk
Thu, May 4, 2017
Roughly 18 per cent of voters are still undecided with just three days left until France makes its final decision on who will lead the country for the next five years.
And the choice between hard right Marine Le Pen and the centrist Emmanuel Macron has turned off swathes of the electorate, with one voter describing it as a choice between “the plague and cholera”.
Many supporters of the communist backed Jean-Luc Melenchon, who came fourth in the first round of voting despite a surge of last-minute approval, have claimed they will not vote in the final round on Sunday.
In a huge poll of over half of the former radical left-wing candidate’s 430,000 strong movement, 65 per cent claimed they would either cast a blank ballot or abstain from the vote.
The presidential election usually has the highest turnout of France’s three national polls – with turnout ranging between 77 and 84 per cent over the last 50 years.
But fewer people in the ballot box could mean a higher chance of victory for Marine Le Pen, who could capitalise on Emmanuel Macron’s failure to motivate undecided voters. In a fourteen-page paper, French physicist Serge Galam claimed the eurosceptic candidate could clinch victory if Mr Macron fails to inspire a high turnout to combat Ms Le Pen’s motivated base.
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