France: Royal Slithers into First Place

Among the following candidates, for whom would there be the most chances than you vote with the first turn of the presidential election?

	Sept. 2006	Jun. 2006	May 2006
Ségolène Royal	31%	30%	33%
Nicolas Sarkozy	30%	32%	32%
Jean-Marie Le Pen	15%	15%	13%
François Bayrou	6%	5%	5%
Olivier Besancenot	5%	6%	5%
Arlette Laguiller	4%	3%	4%
Philippe de Villiers	3%	3%	3%
Marie-George Buffet	3%	3%	3%
Dominique Voynet	3%	3%	2%

Run-Off Scenario

	Sept. 2006	Jun. 2006	May 2006
Ségolène Royal	52%	51%	53%
Nicolas Sarkozy	48%	49%	47%

Source: CSA / Le Bleu de Profession Politique
Methodology: Telephone interviews with 907 French adults, conducted on Sept. 13 and Sept. 14, 2006. No margin of error was provided.