Half of French voters still undecided as presidential election race nears

An Odoxa poll released on Friday showed that nearly half of French voters had not made their final choices as to which candidate they wanted to support following an unpredictable campaign.

Seventy-four percent of voters said they would go to the polling station for the first round of voting in April. However, 43 percent were still undecided over which candidate to vote for, according to the survey.

“2017 proposes an unprecedented uncertainty in the (country’s) electoral history,” the pollster said.

As the election approaches, the contest to win France’s top political position remains uncertain amid a series of surprises, starting with the outgoing Socialist President Francois Hollande’s decision not to seek a second term.

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