Muslim Voters in France Overwhelmingly Support Mélenchon in Presidential Election

The candidate of France Insoumise was overwhelmingly supported by Muslims, indicates an Ifop survey for La Croix, specifying that this confessional vote allowed Jean-Luc Mélenchon to obtain 22.1% of the votes.

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To carry out the study, the institute took into account the vote of 3,784 people registered on the electoral rolls, extracted from a representative sample of 4,066 people. According to the statistics, 14% of Muslim voters voted for Macron, and 7% for Marine Le Pen. On the other hand, 23% of people of Muslim faith registered on the electoral rolls voted blank.

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As for Catholics, they mainly voted for Emmanuel Macron, with 29% of the votes. The candidate for his own succession is followed by Marine Le Pen with 27%, Mélenchon 14%, Zemmour 10% and Pécresse 7%.