France Votes With Sarkozy Narrowing Hollande’s Lead in Po
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French voters went to the polls with Nicolas Sarkozy seeking to avoid being the first incumbent president to lose in more than three decades.
The final daily tracking survey before today’s vote showed Sarkozy narrowed Socialist Francois Hollande’s lead to 52 percent to 48 percent, according to the pollster Ifop. No margin of error was provided. The gap was 10 points after Hollande’s first-round win on April 22.