
Macron came out ahead of the first round of the French presidential election, gaining a 24% vote share. Even though he was only three percentage points or so clear of his closest rival, Le Pen, given Macron’s huge lead in the second round head-to-head polls (some 20 percentage points versus Le Pen), and the endorsement of his presidency by losing candidate, Fillon, and current President Hollande [1], he is far and away the favourite to become the next President of the French Republic [2]. Given the French opinion polls were correct – impressively so, one might add – implying that the outcome