Presidential election 2022: two-thirds of supporters of Jean-Luc Mélenchon questioned by La France insoumise choose not to vote for Emmanuel Macron – franceinfo

What report of votes for Emmanuel Macron in the second round on the part of Mélenchonist voters? The blank or null vote came first, with 37.65% of the 215,292 votes cast, during the consultation carried out by Jean-Luc Mélenchon with his supporters, can we read his official site on Sunday April 17. >> Follow all the news of the presidential election live with franceinfo The Macron vote comes next with 33.4% of the vote, ahead of abstention with nearly 29%. The Le Pen vote was not proposed, by virtue of the instructions given by the candidate La France insoumise on the evening of the first round: “You must not give a vote to Madame Le Pen!” The announcement of the results on the melenchon2022.fr site is preceded by the following clarification: “The result of this consultation is not an instruction given to anyone. It indicates the assessments of the 215,292 people who participated. Everyone will conclude and vote in conscience, as they see fit.” The consultation of the 310,000 online sponsors of Jean-Luc Mélenchon’s candidacy ended on Saturday at 8 p.m. It was preceded by a word from the ex-candidate, who won nearly 22% of the vote on April 10: the second round “will be resolved in defiance of our most fundamental repulsions. A presidency without moral authority will come out of it”, entrusts the tribune to it. But, he adds, the two finalists “are not equivalent”. “Marine Le Pen adds to the project of social mistreatment that she shares with Emmanuel Macron a dangerous ferment of ethnic and religious exclusion. ‘far right.” Jean-Luc Mélenchon in a message on his site The candidate explains why he proceeds in this way, while his voters are divided on the second round vote, according to certain studies: “Let’s not give this duo the gain of opposing us to their words when we are so strongly united on our projects. The cohesion of the People’s Union is our dearest asset.” He had already consulted his supporters in 2017, when he finished fourth with 19.58% of the vote, with the same exception: “Not a voice on the far right”. The consultation also resulted in a short majority for the blank or null vote (36%), just ahead of the vote for Emmanuel Macron (nearly 35%), just under a third remaining speaking for abstention.