The upcoming 2022 midterm elections will provide another interesting test around whether Democrats can resurrect their appeal to working-class voters, leading to the rejection of democracy-threatening Trump loyalists.
his far right opponent marine le pen will hit the campaign trail in northern france. friday is the last day of campaigning before voters head to the polls. the contest is a rematch of a presidential runoff in 2017 when mr. macron easily beat le pen. but this time around polls suggest a much close erase, even though the president still holds a small lead. mr. macron and le pen are going into the runoff after winning the top two spots of course in the first round of voting. but a candidate who ended up third in that round is now emerging as a potential kingmaker in the presidential contest. cnn s jim bittermann explains. reporter: he didn t win, but he didn t exactly lose here. jean-luc mellenchon came in third. the french system not good enough to make the runoff round for the presidency, but he did
this hour, people in france voting for their next president and this is a crowded field. there are 11 people on the ballot but there are five major contenders considered. only the top two after today s voting ends, will face off on may 7th for the final round of voting and this election is of particular interest to the u.s. because two of the candidates are on really opposite end of the spectrum, far right national leading marine le pen is anti-immigration and pro-russia then jean-luc mellenchon. this is a bitter fight one that might have far reaching global repercussions. we are covering all of the angles of this story from paris. melissa is outside of a polling