abstention, a major issue for candidates

Behind outgoing President Emmanuel Macron, Marine Le Pen and Jean-Luc Mélenchon are seeking qualification for the second round of the presidential election. The level of abstention is one of the issues for the candidates. “We could exceed 28%, the 2002 record”explains journalist Serge Clino. “Marine Le Pen must remember the results of the 2021 regional elections. More than 70% of National Rally voters did not turn out in the first round, eliminating any possibility of taking a region”recalls the journalist.

Among the Insoumis, the 2019 European elections are a bad memory for Jean-Luc Mélenchon. 60% of its supporters had not moved, two years after its seven million voters in the first round of the presidential election. “Jean-Luc Mélenchon knows that the protest vote of the working classes is not favorable to him against Marine Le Pen”says Serge Clino.