As campaigning ends, outcome of France’s presidential vote is uncertain
Macron’s supporters, meanwhile, argue the incumbent has proved himself as a versatile crisis manager, during both the pandemic and the war in Ukraine.Enzo Benoit, a 21-year old pro-Macron activist who was present at Thursday evening’s event in Paris, acknowledged that there is less energy in the campaign this year than five years ago but said that the “context is very, very different.
Mélenchon, a far-left politician who ran for president unsuccessfully in 2017, remains the only candidate among France’s divided left who could realistically make it into the Élysée Palace. His team is hoping for a last-minute surge in the polls and high abstention rates among Le Pen’s voters.
But most of Le Pen’s voters in a second round would likely come from the right of the political spectrum, where she’s competing against center-right leader Valérie Pécresse and far-right politician Zemmour, both polling around 10 percent.
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