Marine Le Pen, the French far-right leader, is now closer than she has ever been to power. A YouGov and Datapraxis poll, seen by the New Statesman, shows that in a run-off round between the far-right leader and the incumbent Emmanuel Macron, she would receive 49 per cent of the vote, while the president would be re-elected by just 51 per cent – a statistical dead heat.
There is clear movement in Le Pen’s favour, according to the poll, which was conducted between 4 and 7 April. She is up three points in the second round while Macron is down three from the previous poll on 28-31 March, putting the outcome well within the margin of error.
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