The French Presidential polls edge back a touch to Macron who is now odds-on in the betting once again
Tuesday’s shock announcement by Mrs May that there is to be an early UK General Election has rather overshadowed events in France where the country’s presidential election takes place on Sunday.
In political betting terms this overshadows the British General Election period with over the past week £1.4m being matched on Betfair alone.
Sunday sees the first round and if none of the candidates secures 50% of the votes cast, which is highly likely, then there will be a second election two weeks later. That will just be runoff of the top two.
Macron backers must be assured that his polling numbers have edged up as we have got closer to the big day. Le Pen is staying fairly constant which is 3 of 4 points below her high point.
With the top 4 running so close together it is hard to predict the final two with a degree of certainty.