Hollande Widens Second-Round Lead Over Sarkozy, Poll Shows
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Francois Hollande, France’s Socialist presidential candidate, widened his lead over President Nicolas Sarkozy in voting intentions for the second round of the 2012 election, a BVA poll showed.
Hollande would win 56 percent support if the decisive second-round ballot were held now, compared with 44 percent for the incumbent, according to the poll for today’s Le Parisien newspaper. That’s a 12-point lead for Hollande, compared with eight points a week earlier.