France's Trump, Marine Le Pen, faces tough second-round contest

Source: Washington Examiner | April 23, 2017 | Robert King, Daniel Chaitin

The far-right nationalist candidate often compared to President Trump faces a very difficult task in the second round of France’s presidential election.

Marine Le Pen of the National Front eked out a second-place showing with 21.7 percent among nearly a dozen competitors in the first round of the election on Sunday. Round two promises to be an even more daunting task against liberal Emmanuel Macron, who is heavily favored in polling to win.

The far-right nationalist candidate often compared to President Trump faces a very difficult task in the second round of France’s presidential election.

Marine Le Pen of the National Front eked out a second-place showing with 21.7 percent among nearly a dozen competitors in the first round of the election on Sunday. Round two promises to be an even more daunting task against liberal Emmanuel Macron, who is heavily favored in polling to win.

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In France’s election Sunday, Le Pen, who earned support for her anti-immigration rhetoric now faces a runoff with the front-runner: liberal and largely political neophyte Macron, who got 23.7 percent of the vote. While full polling isn’t available yet, an average of hypothetical matchups shows Le Pen has a huge hill to climb. A polling average from RealClearPolitics of eight French publications finds that Le Pen is down by 26 percentage points.

The run-off election between the top two candidates will occur on May 7.

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