Paris, April 25, (dpa/GNA) – In the second round of the French presidential election, liberal winner Emmanuel Macron appealed to very different groups of voters than his far-right challenger Marine Le Pen, according to survey results.
According to the survey for the broadcaster France Info, Macron won a majority among both the youngest and the oldest voters. In addition, people with a university education, civil servants and the self-employed voted for him, but only a few working-class and unemployed voters.
According to the results, Le Pen won over mainly blue-collar and white-collar workers, as well as people with lower incomes. She also scored more points with French people who said they were dissatisfied with their lives.
Meanwhile, Le Pen’s better performance than in 2017 is explained by the fact that she won a majority of votes in significantly more districts than in 2017.
Le Pen was particularly successful in parts of the northern half of the country and in some parts far to the south, as well as in the overseas territories and in Corsica.
Macron, on the other hand, did particularly well in large cities and their wider metropolitan areas.
Macron was re-elected with 58.5% of the vote in the run-off, the Interior Ministry said early on Monday, announcing the provisional result after all ballots have been counted, while Le Pen got 41.45% of the vote.
GNA