French presidential election, 2022

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Another close poll from Yougov,

https://twitter.com/idvck/status/1512372475056775170?s=20&t=s2g0GMP0mR5Qb-Vx...

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Is there anything about Le Penn or the FN that's explicitly anti-Paris ?, why were her results so poor in the city proper ?

I'm not sure if this is a serious question but central Paris is demographically not a great place for RN-style policies, just like the centres of most big cities. As above, those few on the right in such places are more likely to be of the Zemmour persuasion.

Saying that, her 5.54 there is slightly better than 2017, and would likely have been even higher without Zemmour being to her right.

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Can Someone explain to me, Zemmmour doing very strongly in Paris XVI, Nevily Sur Seine etc (upwards of 16%!!!!)? The closest resemblance to these electorates seems like Wentworth or North Sydney. These electorates, no matter how anti-labor they are, would never vote for a far-right candidate. Similarly Kensington and Chelsea had very low UKIP vote shares.

Demographically UKIP was closer to Le Pen's base than Zemmour's, being stronger in working class suburbs and rural areas, so no surprise they didn't get traction in somewhere like K&C.

The closest UK equivalent of Zemmour would be someone on the more socially conservative wing of the Tories. I.e. Zemmour seems to have largely pulled off voters from the right of the corpse of LR.