The Muslim vote

February 26, 2014   The polling firm OpinionWay conducted a poll for the French newspaper Le Figaro and surveyed 10,000 French voters. According to its findings 93% of French Muslims voted for François Hollande while only 7% voted for the incumbent, Nicolas Sarkozy. An estimated 2 million Muslims participated in the 2012 election and approximately…

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In the run-up to the municipal elections, the UMP party seeks to renew the ‘Muslim vote’

February 13, 2014   As France’s municipal elections approach, the President of the center-right UMP party Jean-Francois Copé is targeting the constituents disappointed in Francois Hollande’s regime in the hopes of turning them away from the left. Among this category of people, he is particularly attentive to what he considers the ‘Muslim vote.’ ‘Our Muslim…

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