In this commune with several working -class districts, the “rebellious” candidate had arrived clearly in the first round of the presidential election. An old left bastion taken up at the national rally.
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In the week of April 18, Woippy found himself at the top of trends on Twitter. Tens of thousands of humorous tweets mocking the name of this city north of Metz have been broadcast. The twittos had fun associating the pat’patrol or Dora the explorer … This notoriety peak as in that inexplicable will have been ephemeral. However, a few days before, a much more spectacular event had happened there. In the first round of the presidential election, on April 10, the town had placed Jean-Luc Mélenchon widely in the lead, with 34.86 % of the votes.
In certain city offices, the candidate of La France rebellious (LFI) even exceeded 50 %. A first place torn from the national rally (RN): in this former bastion of the left, Marine Le Pen gained election ground in election, to the point of arriving in the first round in 2017. While she is progressing almost everywhere Elsewhere in the department, it lost 211 voters in this city of around 14,000 inhabitants between the first round of 2017 and that of 2022, from 29.18 % to 25.91 %. Jean-Luc Mélenchon, he won more than 500.
In the so-called “priority” district of Boileau-Pré-Génie, the unemployment rate exceeds 37 % and the poverty rate reaches 47.5 %, according to INSEE. Mélenchon was voted over 55 %. Olivier (who did not wish to give his name), 58, is one of these voters. He said he was an engineer, but has been looking for a job for a long time. On this Wednesday, April 27 in the morning, he is plunged into the France/World Pages of the Lorraine Republican, on the terrace of a cafe. Unlike other customers, he does not reluctant to talk about politics: “Mélenchon, he is a type of formerly, he has caliber, he knows what he is talking about. I was really disappointed that he is not Qualified in the second round. He could have done something for us. “In the second round, he voted Macron. “We must not exaggerate, I could never elect a Le Pen”, he lets go.
“A statesman, a real”
Mélenchon voters in Woippy mostly made the same choice as him, in the second round. Emmanuel Macron won 1,715 votes between the two laps against 775 for M Me le Pen. “Here, there is a majority of people from immigration, recalls Tarik Lazrak, 35, managing a Hallal butcher’s shop. How do you want them to vote the Pen? She permanently caricature Muslims, grouping Family. So, obviously, even if people want it to change, they voted Macron. To block, but without conviction. “All the voters of the” rebellious “did not make this choice. The participation fell by more than three points between the two laps in Woippy. And, among the voters, 6.52 % have chosen white or zero vote.
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