Which politician would you like to have a beer with? Former Prime Minister Edouard Philippe comes first, followed by the leader of deputies RN Marine Le Pen and the Minister of National Education Gabriel Attal, according to a poll published Thursday. Institutionalized in the United States before each election, the “beer test” is a study intended to measure the degree of popularity of political figures.
Edouard Philippe well ahead of the “beer test”
The boss of the Horizons party comes in the lead by far (37%), according to the survey carried out by the communications agency CorioLink in partnership with Ifop. He narrowly surpasses Marine Le Pen (35%), making clear progress since the launch of the test in 2017. The media Minister of Education Gabriel Attal makes a remarkable entrance onto the podium, in third position (34%).
Conversely, the President of the Republic Emmanuel Macron fell, he who came very far in the lead in the first edition of 2017 (28% of respondents compared to 44% five years ago). Followed by Marion Maréchal Le Pen (27%), Fabien Roussel (25%), Bruno Le Maire, Gérald Darmanin (23%), François Ruffin (22%) and Elisabeth Borne (21%). Sandrine Rousseau finished last in the ranking (13%), behind Olivier Faure (14%) and Jean-Luc Mélenchon (15%) who collapsed (-10 points).
The desire of the French to talk about inflation and purchasing power
Asked about the major subjects that the French would like to discuss, inflation and its consequences on purchasing power come first (73%), followed by housing difficulties (32%) and urgent measures to take to limit the climate change (29%).
They also want to take advantage of this exchange around a beer to test policies: check their knowledge of the real lives of their fellow citizens (60%) and discover their vision of the future of the country (57%).
The survey was carried out from December 12 to 13, on a sample of 1,006 people, representative of French people aged 18 and over (quota method).