Door-to-door, leaflets distributed in the markets of Civray on Tuesday, Montmorillon on Wednesday, Lussac-les-Châteaux on Friday… The outgoing MP Pascal Lecamp (MoDem/Ensemble) does not intend to give up an ounce of ground to his opponent, the RN candidate Éric Soulat, whom he will face again in the second round of the legislative elections, Sunday July 7, 2024. And whom he will meet in the same markets.
With 40.82% of the vote, the RN kept its competitors at a distance by more than ten points (30.18% for Pascal Lecamp and 26.73% for Gisèle Jean, New Popular Front).
“Go where the left has done well”
“I’m going to try to do two markets a day, until Friday. Every afternoon and evening, I go door-to-door as much as possible,” says Pascal Lecamp. His target: voters who voted for the New Popular Front. “I’m going to go where the left has had good results. » As soon as the results of the first round were obtained, he launched an appeal in the direction of Gisèle Jean, who withdrew to block the far right.
Pascal Lecamp’s team designed a new leaflet printed Monday evening. “I registered the Republican Front against the extreme right, with around fifty signatures in support,” he said. He will campaign on his behalf and that of his deputy Isabelle Barreau, hoping to rally grassroots elected officials from all sides. Including Gisèle Jean, who he would have liked to see featured on his leaflets.
If the outgoing NPF supports Pascal Lecamp’s approach, if she joins the fight against the extreme right, she will not be in the photo, she confides. “This leaflet, which I will sign, is the best solutionsays Gisèle Jean. We still have political differences, I cannot campaign alongside Pascal Lecamp. »
Close vote report
The sum of the vote Together (14,704) and NPF (13,020) weighs in favor of the outgoing deputy: 27,724 cumulative votes against 19,887 votes for the RN. “ The natural ratio of votes means that it would be 55/45. But there are always LFI votes, at least 5% who could go back to the RN, believes Pascal Lecamp. So it will be tense. The key to voting is to dissuade people from voting RN, particularly the middle class who will be most disadvantaged by the far right. » For Gisèle Jean, half of the left’s votes could be lost to the detriment of this republican front. “If there are 6,000 left, it’s okay,” she counts.
Éric Soulat collected 12,000 more votes than in 2022. A scenario that his opponents had not imagined. “It’s huge. Many thought that the mobilization, the proxies would weaken the RN, visibly notnotes Eric Soulat. In the department, I am the only one with so many votes. There are still votes to be found among the people who did not vote.” And on the left, towards LFI, he also agrees. The Republican front does not worry him. “To block the RN is the scarecrow agitated every time, puts Xavier Monnais, his deputy, into perspective. This Republican front is the marriage of the carp and the rabbit.”
