3 out of 4 UMP voters prefer Sarkozy for President of France
{{date|November 23, 2006}}
[[Image:Sarko-2.jpg|thumb|right|Nicholas Sarkozy—favorite of the right]]
On Tuesday, BVA published a telephone poll conducted for French magazine ''{{w|Le Figaro}}'' and news channel {{w|TF1 Group|LCI}} to gauge support for right-wing presidential candidates.  73% of ''[[Union for a Popular Movement|Union pour un Mouvement Populaire]]'' (Union for a Popular Movement or UMP) party supporters identified Interior Minister [[Nicolas Sarkozy]] as their preferred candidate for May's {{w|President of France|presidential}} election.

The UMP is one of the two major parties in France, and represents conservative politics.  It was formed in 2002 as a union of several right-wing parties, and currently controls the legislature (the National Assembly) and the executive.  Current president [[Jacques Chirac]] is aligned with the UMP.

Sarkozy's rivals trail far behind him, with Defense Minister [[Michèle Alliot-Marie]] at 5%, Prime Minister [[Dominique de Villepin]] at 4% and President Jacques Chirac with 1%.  Sarkozy's support among the entire group  polled is significantly lower, at only 34%. Alliot-Marie has 4%, de Villepin and Chirac have 3% each, and the remaining 43% did not express a preference.

On Monday, de Villepin told ''Le Figaro'' that the right was united  "around the one with the best chance of winning."

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== Sources ==
:''This story incorporates translated text from a story in [[:fr:|French Wikinews]]: "[[:fr:France : Trois quarts des sympathisants UMP soutiendraient Sarkozy|France : Trois quarts des sympathisants UMP soutiendraient Sarkozy]]" (November 22, 2006) which has a license that is compatible with English Wikinews.
*{{source|url=http://www.lefigaro.fr/election-presidentielle-2007/20061120.WWW000000464_itv_villepin.html
|title=Dominique de Villepin accorde un entretien au Figaro
|author=Bruno Jeudy|pub=Le Figaro|date=November 20 2006}}
*{{source|url=http://tf1.lci.fr/infos/elections-2007/0,,3358503,00-sarkozy-ecrase-rivaux-droite-.html
|title=Les résultats détaillés du sondage|author=|pub=TF1|date=November 21 2006}}
*{{source|url=http://www.bva.fr/pdf/UMP%20et%20%E9lection%20pr%E9sidentielle%20061122.pdf
|title=L’UMP et l’élection présidentielle de 2007
|author=Press Release|pub=BVA|date=November 21, 2006}}
*{{source||url=http://www.lefigaro.fr/election-presidentielle-2007/20061122.FIG000000216_pour_trois_sympathisants_ump_sur_quatre_sarkozy_est_le_meilleur_a_droite.html
|title=Pour trois sympathisants UMP sur quatre, Sarkozy est le meilleur à droite
|author=Charles Jaigu|pub=Le Figaro|date=November 22 2006}}

== External links ==
*[http://sarko2007.free.fr/ Sarkozy2007]—Sarokzy's official presidential campaign site

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[[fr:France : Trois quarts des sympathisants UMP soutiendraient Sarkozy]]
Nicholas Sarkozy—favorite of the right
On Tuesday, BVA published a telephone poll conducted for French magazine TF1 Group|LCI to gauge support for right-wing presidential candidates.  73% of Union pour un Mouvement Populaire (Union for a Popular Movement or UMP) party supporters identified Interior Minister Nicolas Sarkozy as their preferred candidate for May's presidential election.

The UMP is one of the two major parties in France, and represents conservative politics.  It was formed in 2002 as a union of several right-wing parties, and currently controls the legislature (the National Assembly) and the executive.  Current president Jacques Chirac is aligned with the UMP.

Sarkozy's rivals trail far behind him, with Defense Minister Michèle Alliot-Marie at 5%, Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin at 4% and President Jacques Chirac with 1%.  Sarkozy's support among the entire group  polled is significantly lower, at only 34%. Alliot-Marie has 4%, de Villepin and Chirac have 3% each, and the remaining 43% did not express a preference.

On Monday, de Villepin told Le Figaro that the right was united  "around the one with the best chance of winning."


fr:France : Trois quarts des sympathisants UMP soutiendraient Sarkozy
France Europe Politics and conflicts 2007 French presidential election Elections Union for a Popular Movement Nicolas Sarkozy Jacques Chirac Michèle Alliot-Marie Dominique de Villepin