French voters went to the polls Sunday for the presidential election run-off between incumbent President Emmanuel Macron and National Rally candidate Marine Le Pen.
Macron is expected to take 58.2 percent of the vote to Le Pen’s 41.8 percent. Pollsters Ipsos & Sopra, according to an analysis of voting data by pollsters Ipsos & Sopra Steria for French mainstream outlets. French pollsters often release projections at 8 p.m. local time in France after the polls close in major cities—hours before the Ministry of the Interior releases its official results to the public.
Macron, 44, and Le Pen, 53, have competing visions for France, with Macron seeking to continue introducing neoliberal politics into the country. Le Pen, described as right-wing, has focused her campaign on the rising cost of living in France, while also describing Macron as an elitist with contempt for working people—including his rhetoric last year that targeted unvaccinated French.
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