(Angus Reid Global Scan) - Many adults in France are willing to support interior minister Nicolas Sarkozy in the next presidential election, according to a poll by CSA published in Marianne. At least 54 per cent of respondents would vote for the centre-right Union for a Popular Movement (UMP) leader in head-to-head contests against five Socialist politicians.

Sarkozy holds an eight per cent lead over former presidential candidate and prime minister Lionel Jospin, an 18 per cent advantage over Socialist Party (PS) chairman François Hollande, a 20 per cent lead over former prime minister Laurent Fabius, a 24 per cent advantage over former finance minister Dominique Strauss-Kahn, and a 34 per cent lead over former Socialist leader Henri Emmanuelli. In November, the 49-year-old Sarkozy was elected president of the UMP.

Current prime minister Dominique de Villepin is tied with Jospin. The 51-year-old Villepin holds a 12 per cent advantage over Strauss-Kahn, a 14 per cent lead over Fabius, a 20 per cent advantage over Hollande, and a 34 per cent lead over Emmanuelli.

Jacques Chirac won the presidential election as a UMP candidate in 1995, and was re-elected in a run-off over Jean-Marie Le Pen in May 2002. The next presidential ballot in France is tentatively scheduled for April 2007.

Polling Data

If the second round of the presidential election took place this Sunday, and the candidates were these, who would you vote for?

a) With Nicolas Sarkozy as the centre-right candidate

Nicolas Sarkozy 54% - 46% Lionel Jospin
Nicolas Sarkozy 59% - 41% François Hollande
Nicolas Sarkozy 60% - 40% Laurent Fabius
Nicolas Sarkozy 62% - 38% Dominique Strauss-Khan
Nicolas Sarkozy 67% - 33% Henri Emmanuelli

b) With Dominique de Villepin as the centre-right candidate

Dominique de Villepin 50% - 50% Lionel Jospin
Dominique de Villepin 56% - 44% Dominique Strauss-Khan
Dominique de Villepin 57% - 43% Laurent Fabius
Dominique de Villepin 60% - 40% François Hollande
Dominique de Villepin 67% - 33% Henri Emmanuelli

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