Muslim Voters Overwhelmingly Support Macron in French Presidential Election

The figure is clear-cut: 85% of Muslim voters cast their vote for LREM candidate Emmanuel Macron in the second round of the presidential election on Sunday, April 24, while the remaining 15% voted for the National Rally (RN) candidate Marine Le Pen (7% in the first round). This is revealed by a survey on the vote of confessional electorates by Ifop for La Croix and Le Pèlerin, conducted among a representative sample of 4,827 people of the French population aged 18 and over, by self-administered online questionnaire on April 24. In the first round, they had massively voted for the candidate of France Insoumise (FI) Jean-Luc Mélenchon (69%).

Catholics participated strongly in the second round and exceeded the total registered voters in France (79%, compared to 71.8%). This proportion is 58% among Muslims, 70% among Protestants and 66% among "non-religious" people. Like Muslims, Catholics placed Emmanuel Macron in the lead in the second round with 55% (over 58% among all French people) and voted 45% for Marine Le Pen.