Survey finds 57.5% say they intend to vote for incumbent president against 42.5% for far-right rival

Emmanuel Macron appears to have opened up his lead against the French presidential rival, Marine Le Pen, according to the latest opinion polls, on the last day of campaigning before Sunday’s second-round vote.

In an Ipsos survey, 57.5% of those questioned said they intended to vote for the incumbent president, against 42.5% for Le Pen. Even allowing for a 3.3 point margin of error, a result along those lines would give Macron a convincing victory.

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