Macron Leads in First-Round Polling With 25%, JDD Poll Shows

French President Emmanuel Macron would get 25% or more of the votes in the first round of the election if voting were held today, according to a poll carried out by Ifop-Fiducial for Le Journal du Dimanche newspaper and Sud Radio.

Nationalist Marine Le Pen would win 19% to 20% of the first-round vote, depending on who else is running. Far-right commentator Eric Zemmour would come third, with 14% to 15%. Macron and Zemmour haven’t yet announced their candidacy for the April vote.