At first glance, the exclusive Odoxa survey* for "Le Parisien"-"Aujourd'hui en France" turns out to be rather abrasive for Nicolas Sarkozy, a week after his election as head of the UMP : 58% of French people have a bad opinion of him, 79% think he does not have the ability to bring the country together, 60% that he has had his day, and 61% that his return is a bad thing.
The man is also judged harshly. If the French salute his dynamism (83%) and his courage (64%), they are only 45% to find him unifying (- 3 points since the end of September, date of his comeback), 36% to consider him sympathetic (- 4 points), and 21% only honest (- 5 points). Result: two out of three (66%) do not want him to be a presidential candidate again. Don't throw any more! "The battle for the presidency of the UMP has left its mark", analyzes Gaël Sliman, boss of the Odoxa institute, for whom "the new president of the UMP will have his work cut out for him to recover his full and complete legitimacy. ".
But now, the detailed results turn out to be much more nuanced, and above all extremely split between those polled on the right and those polled on the left. Sarkozy remains clearly supported by his camp: 75% of sympathizers on the right have a good opinion of him (89% on the left have a bad one), 69% welcome his return (87% on the left disapprove of him) and 66% even think that the cases where his name is cited are not a handicap to his candidacy (83% on the left think that they are). However, the respondents on the right do not sign a blank check for him. They are 60% to want him to wear their colors in the presidential election, which does not appear to be an overwhelming score, against 39% who refuse.
A sign that the former head of state has a long and tough road ahead of him before moving from the status of leader of the opposition to that of unifying candidate. An example: the French were not fooled by his proposal – aborted – de create a committee of former Prime Ministers at the UMP, with Alain Juppé, François Fillon or Dominique de Villepin. At 71%, they saw it as a trap to ringardiser its rivals, rather than a sign of rallying.
Find all of our analysis in "Le Parisien" - "Today in France" of Sunday, December 7.
*Odoxa survey for “Le Parisien”-“Today in France” carried out on Internet on December 4 and 5 with a sample of 999 people representative of the French population aged 18 and over. Quota method.
source: Leparisien.fr
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