Le Pen Continues To Close Gap On Macron In Second Round Polling

In rolling Ifop-Fiducial presidential polling, right-wing nationalist Rassemblement National (RN) leader Marine Le Pen continues to narrow the gap between her and incumbent President Emmanuel Macron in a hypothetical second round run-off between the two. The 53%-47% gap between the two is the narrowest recorded by the Ifop-Fiducial rolling tracker since it began collecting data in January. All polls below Ifop-Fiducial, Fieldwork 26-28 March. Chgs w/ 25-27 March. 1,500 respondents

• Macron (LREM): 53% (-0.5), Le Pen (RN): 47% (+0.5)
• Macron (LREM): 59.5% (-0.5), Melenchon (LFI): 40.5% (+0.5)
• Macron (LREM): 64% (-0.5), Zemmour (R!): 36% (+0.5)
• Macron (LREM): 63% (=), Pecresse (LR): 37% (=)

• The official election campaign got underway yesterday, with the amount of airtime each candidate recieves now strictly measured and limited. Comes as a potential disadvantage to Macron and Le Pen as they will recieve the same amount of coverage as candidates from much smaller parties garnering 1%-2% support.