Alex Christoforou
The DuranSun, 20 Nov 2016 00:00 UTC
© ReutersIpsos poll frontrunner, Marine Le Pen
The
Independent reported that pollsters said Marine Le Pen has
"next to no chance" of winning the French presidency. Think again... Here comes a FREXIT? Pundits said Le Pen had
"no chance" to win the upcoming French elections...
Following in the footsteps of BREXIT and Trump, perhaps the pollsters should rethink their methods.
Zerohedge reports...
...today we learned that contrary to previous polls, the leader of National Front leader Marine - the person whose surge in the past few years has been most equated to the French populist revolt that has taken place in the UK and US - has taken a commanding lead in the latest French presidential election poll.
As the Independent writes in "Marine Le Pen takes huge lead over nearest rival in new French presidential election poll", according to the latest, Nov. 20, Ipsos poll, Le Pen had 29% of the vote when pitted against Nicolas Sarkozy, who was eight points behind, and held a 15-point lead over the Parti de Gauche's Jean-Luc Mélenchon in the poll released by Ipsos, which analysed five scenarios with different frontrunners.
Here is some additional analysis on the rise of Le Pen from Fox News...
Comment: UPDATE: With an estimated 4.3M turnout for the vote,
Sarkozy was eliminated in first round of French center-right presidential primaries - leaving Alain Juppe and Francois Fillon to compete the second round on November 27th.
Provisional results from 9,551 polling stations out of 10,229 showed Fillon with 44.1 percent of the votes, Juppe on 28.6, and Sarkozy on 20.6. None of the other four candidates scored in double digits.
With Obama leaving and Killary's loss, Sarkozy out of the races and possibly Merkel as well, a big populist wind is closing the door on one political era as another begins to open.
Comment: UPDATE: With an estimated 4.3M turnout for the vote, Sarkozy was eliminated in first round of French center-right presidential primaries - leaving Alain Juppe and Francois Fillon to compete the second round on November 27th. Provisional results from 9,551 polling stations out of 10,229 showed Fillon with 44.1 percent of the votes, Juppe on 28.6, and Sarkozy on 20.6. None of the other four candidates scored in double digits.
With Obama leaving and Killary's loss, Sarkozy out of the races and possibly Merkel as well, a big populist wind is closing the door on one political era as another begins to open.