To shift focus in our election coverage to across the Channel, Nicolas Sarkozy’s lead is widening. Two new polls out today put him at 54% and 54.5% respectively, a comfortable lead over Ségolène Royal. Also, it looks like the debate was more of a win for Sarkozy than most commentators thought. A post-debate survey found that viewers took Sarkozy to be the more credible candidate by the whooping great margin of 51% to 31%.
Sarkozy’ll be further encouraged by the fact that 51% of Bayrou backers who tuned in thought he’d make a good president compared to only 22% for Royal. Her aggressive tactics also seem to have backfired, with her likeability rating dropping by 13 points among debate watchers.
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