Always good to check who did the poll, who commissioned it and what are the significant numbers.

Published on Monday and conducted by Toluna Harris Interactive for French broadcasters RTL and M6, the poll predicts Le Pen to win and be at least 16 points ahead of any other candidate.

The poll, which surveyed 1,764 people registered to vote in France aged 18 or over

I don't know about Toluna Harris Interactive, I can't judge their seriousness and neutrality. RTL, is a radio with a political alignment to the right. 1764 people answer the poll, when the number of registered voters in France is just shy of 50 millions.

Polls like this are massively utilized as a campaigning tool. They are used as "neutral facts" dictating the outcome of the election, when they rarely are. In the past few major elections in France, countless polls have given RN or Marine LePen as the winners. They still haven't won.

Let's not forget that Marine LePen and many of her associates have been found guilty of corruption and stealing 2.8 million Euros from the EU, in 2 separate courts of law. This also has an impact on her voters-base.