French presidential election, 2022

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Probably a stupid question, but how does Le Pen manage to come closest to defeating Macron in the runoff polls out of the major candidates? Quite a turnaround from last time

[RGM2609]

Probably a stupid question, but how does Le Pen manage to come closest to defeating Macron in the runoff polls out of the major candidates? Quite a turnaround from last time

Have you seen the other candidates?

I mean it is still quite surprising that she is managing to get into the mid-40s, polling similarly to Pecresse before her candidacy started flopping. 

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Interesting that even if Le Pen has a much greater chance of winning than in 2017, the world isn't freaking out as much.