for disappointment, disillusionment and despair. so none of them are very positive elements to bring to the table for these two candidates as they try to garner support, and certainly marine le pen has been working on the disappointments of a macron presidency. it has been a lot harder for the president himself to bolster the sense of achievement when that is a general mood across the country. so let s find out a little bit about the way this might go. i m joined by jean philippe dubrulle, who is the research director for ifop opinion polls. jean philippe, thanks very much forjoining us. we ve had the turnout at this point in the day, which is a bit down on five years ago. at 26.4%, does that tell you much? well, this turnout rate is quite equal to the rate in the first round, so what we expect and what was measured in the latest polls, the turnout rate here for the second round should be very close to the one in the first round, that was around 75% one quarter of the voters did no
trickle over the course of the morning, worth remembering that this is actually the start of the easter holidays here in paris. will that have an impact on the turnout? i am just been told, we have got some figures here, figures on the turn so far, they havejust figures here, figures on the turn so far, they have just been released, 26.4% turning out by this point in the day. if we go back five years, it was 28.2%. it is lower and we have to wait to see if that will pan out through the course of the day. a quick word about this suburb, it is home to the french cosmetics giant l oreal and bic that make pens. it was generally supportive of the left wing candidate in the first
at the french institute of public opinion. thank you forjoining us. we have had the turnout at this point in the day, it is a bit down on five years ago, but 26.4%, does that tell you much? , ., ago, but 26.496, does that tell you much? , ., . , much? this turnout rate is quite euual to much? this turnout rate is quite equal to the much? this turnout rate is quite equal to the rate much? this turnout rate is quite equal to the rate in much? this turnout rate is quite equal to the rate in the - much? this turnout rate is quite equal to the rate in the first - equal to the rate in the first round. what we expect and what was measured in the latest polls, the turnout rate here for the second round should be very close to the first round that was around 75%, and a quarter of the voters did not go to the balance, three quarters did. there might be some relief in the emmanuel macron camp if that figure stays quite high but there is another element to this vote, you can actually just ha
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transmission as well. something to worry about, no doubt, looking ahead, max. yes. larry, all eyes on south africa because this is where the omicron was first detected. at least, it is spreading pretty fast. reporter: it has gotten quite far in the last two weeks. two weeks ago in south africa it was only 2.3%, max. in the test data on monday, the positivity rate was 26.4%. the highest since omicron variant was detected. that led to all the travel bans around the world. that s why you see the people about to board an emirates flight going to dubai, hoping to get to whatever part of the world they were going to. on the other side is the flights to addis ababa, the african continent and trying to get, again, to the other part of the world if they are allowed to come in. many countries have travel bans affecting south africa and other south african nations which have been criticized around the world including the leadership of south africa. calling them selective and