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There's every indication though that abstention will be much lower than in 02, which means by default that there is a high degree of indicision, and this is not uncharacteristic for a multi-candidate field (and especially for a 1st round presidential election. Exit polls in 02 reported >20% made their decision in final 48 hours).
And there are those who might change their minds.
Carroll of CSA notes in an interview in today's Monde that he still finds a very high degree of volatility in Bayrou's supporters -- up to 50% might still change their minds. That could mean a late surge for LePen (if, as the UMP apparently thinks, those soft Bayrouistes are protest voters from La France exasperee), it might mean a late surge for Sarkozy (as Carroll seems to imply, with no real basis), it might mean a late surge for Royal (which I don't expect it seems better supported by Carrol's own CSA polling of the last few days than the other hypotheses.)
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