On April 10th, 2022 France is gonna have the first round of its 2022 présidentia elections.
The 2nd round will happen on April 24th (except if one candidate gets more than 50% of the votes but that's very unlikely.
The candidates are :
- Emmanuel Macron ; The current president. He's seen à Center/Center-Right. More on the Right about Economy and Immigration but as well more on the Left on social issues (such as abortion, or LGBTQ rights) ; currently polling at 28%
- Marine Lepen ; The runner-up in the previous election. Her opposers say she's Far-Right but to me it's more complicated than that. She's tough on immigration and social issues but also pretty much on the Left on Economy ; Currently polling at 16%
- Jean-Luc Mélenchon ; He's Far-Left. Wether it's on the Economy, Immigration, social issues or whatever. Currently polling at 14%
- Eric Zemmour ; A political analyst turned presidential candidate. He's as Far-Right as one can be. On Immigration, social issues, economy, he's Far-Right. To the point some call him "the french Trump". Currently polling at 10%
These are the 4 main candidates, those who get a chance to access the 2nd Round. but there's a total of 8 lesser candidates :
- Valerie Pécresse ; a moderate-right candidate. She's from the sam party that Sarkozy (and Chirac) was from but most of the voter who had voted for Sarkozy have chosen to vote for either Macron or Zemmour so she's polling at 8%
- Yannick Jadot ; From the Green Party. Moderate-Left on the economy, a bit more far-left on immigration and social issues. And off course, very much in favor of anti-global warming policies. Polling at 6%
- Anne Hidalgo ; Current Paris mayor and candidate from the sam party that Hollande (and Mitterrand) was from. She suffers from the very same probem that Pecresse suffers from : most of the former voters from her party are now voting either for Macron or for Mélenchon. And Hollande's lack of popularity made it even worse. She's polling at 3%
And there are 5 other candidate polling below 2%, 3 from the Far Left (Fabien Roussel, Philippe Poutou and Nathalie Arthaud, the later two being even more far-left than Mélenchon) one from the Far-Right (Nicolas Dupont-Aignan) and one (Jean Lasalle) who's very hard to label but says he's there for the people wo live in the countryside or in small towns.
If you think there are too many candidates (and this is directed mostly at our american fellows who are used to have an election with only two candidates), think of like this : The first round is like your primaries, except we do them all at the same time and every one can vote either to the democratic primary or the republican primary.
The 2nd round will happen on April 24th (except if one candidate gets more than 50% of the votes but that's very unlikely.
The candidates are :
- Emmanuel Macron ; The current president. He's seen à Center/Center-Right. More on the Right about Economy and Immigration but as well more on the Left on social issues (such as abortion, or LGBTQ rights) ; currently polling at 28%
- Marine Lepen ; The runner-up in the previous election. Her opposers say she's Far-Right but to me it's more complicated than that. She's tough on immigration and social issues but also pretty much on the Left on Economy ; Currently polling at 16%
- Jean-Luc Mélenchon ; He's Far-Left. Wether it's on the Economy, Immigration, social issues or whatever. Currently polling at 14%
- Eric Zemmour ; A political analyst turned presidential candidate. He's as Far-Right as one can be. On Immigration, social issues, economy, he's Far-Right. To the point some call him "the french Trump". Currently polling at 10%
These are the 4 main candidates, those who get a chance to access the 2nd Round. but there's a total of 8 lesser candidates :
- Valerie Pécresse ; a moderate-right candidate. She's from the sam party that Sarkozy (and Chirac) was from but most of the voter who had voted for Sarkozy have chosen to vote for either Macron or Zemmour so she's polling at 8%
- Yannick Jadot ; From the Green Party. Moderate-Left on the economy, a bit more far-left on immigration and social issues. And off course, very much in favor of anti-global warming policies. Polling at 6%
- Anne Hidalgo ; Current Paris mayor and candidate from the sam party that Hollande (and Mitterrand) was from. She suffers from the very same probem that Pecresse suffers from : most of the former voters from her party are now voting either for Macron or for Mélenchon. And Hollande's lack of popularity made it even worse. She's polling at 3%
And there are 5 other candidate polling below 2%, 3 from the Far Left (Fabien Roussel, Philippe Poutou and Nathalie Arthaud, the later two being even more far-left than Mélenchon) one from the Far-Right (Nicolas Dupont-Aignan) and one (Jean Lasalle) who's very hard to label but says he's there for the people wo live in the countryside or in small towns.
If you think there are too many candidates (and this is directed mostly at our american fellows who are used to have an election with only two candidates), think of like this : The first round is like your primaries, except we do them all at the same time and every one can vote either to the democratic primary or the republican primary.
