Macron Would Beat Pecresse in French Presidential Election, Poll Says
Emmanuel Macron
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President Emmanuel Macron would face conservative candidate Valerie Pecresse and defeat her in a runoff if elections were held now, according to a poll published Saturday.
Support for Macron was at a field-leading 24% in the Ipsos Sopra Steria poll, followed by Pecresse of the Republicans at 16.5%. If replicated in the first round of voting in April, that outcome would send them to a runoff that Macron would win by 53% to 47%, according to the survey for Le Parisien and France Info.