3 out of 4 UMP voters prefer Sarkozy for President of France
Thursday, November 23, 2006
On Tuesday, BVA published a telephone poll conducted for French magazine Le Figaro and news channel LCI to gauge support for right-wing presidential candidates. 73% of Union pour un Mouvement Populaire (Union for a Popular Movement or UMP) party supporters identified Interior Minister Nicolas Sarkozy as their preferred candidate for May's presidential election.
The UMP is one of the two major parties in France, and represents conservative politics. It was formed in 2002 as a union of several right-wing parties, and currently controls the legislature (the National Assembly) and the executive. Current president Jacques Chirac is aligned with the UMP.
Sarkozy's rivals trail far behind him, with Defense Minister Michèle Alliot-Marie at 5%, Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin at 4% and President Jacques Chirac with 1%. Sarkozy's support among the entire group polled is significantly lower, at only 34%. Alliot-Marie has 4%, de Villepin and Chirac have 3% each, and the remaining 43% did not express a preference.
On Monday, de Villepin told Le Figaro that the right was united "around the one with the best chance of winning."
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Sources
- This story incorporates translated text from a story in French Wikinews: "France : Trois quarts des sympathisants UMP soutiendraient Sarkozy" (November 22, 2006) which has a license that is compatible with English Wikinews.
- Bruno Jeudy. "Dominique de Villepin accorde un entretien au Figaro" — Le Figaro, November 20 2006
- "Les résultats détaillés du sondage" — TF1, November 21 2006
- Press Release. "L’UMP et l’élection présidentielle de 2007" — BVA, November 21, 2006
- Charles Jaigu. "Pour trois sympathisants UMP sur quatre, Sarkozy est le meilleur à droite" — Le Figaro, November 22 2006
External links
- Sarkozy2007—Sarokzy's official presidential campaign site