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ONE SOURCE, MANY MASTHEADSMonday 24 August 2026

6 outlets carried this. They resolve to 3 independent sources.

A reader sampling these outlets received 3 accounts, not 6.

As published

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reuters.com as published: French far-left leader Melenchon seen reaching presidential runoff, poll showsreuters.com2026-08-25 13:46:32devdiscourse.com as published: French far-left leader Melenchon seen reaching presidential runoff, poll showsdevdiscourse.com2026-08-25 13:46:32france24.com as published: French poll shows Le Pen's biggest challenger may be hard left's Melenchonfrance24.com2026-08-25 13:46:32politico.eu as published: Far-left firebrand Mélenchon gaining ground in French presidential race, poll showspolitico.eu2026-08-25 13:46:32rfi.fr as published: French poll shows Le Pen's biggest challenger may be hard left's Melenchonrfi.fr2026-08-25 13:46:32today.rtl.lu as published: French poll shows Le Pen's biggest challenger may be hard left's Melenchontoday.rtl.lu2026-08-25 13:46:32

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politico.eu

  • Brussels' nightmare scenario

no speaker named anywhere in the article

Same storyLater: Two polls conducted in late August 2026 show French far-left leader Jean-Luc Mélenchon posEach entry records what was published on its own date and is not edited afterwards.

How the poll was reported

5 of 6 stated across the articles in this entry.

  • The articles describe a sampled poll rather than an opt-in one.
  • Pollster: Toluna Harris Interactive.
  • Commissioned by: broadcasters M6 and RTL.
  • Who was sampled: French adults.
  • Sample size: more than 1,700 French adults.
  • When conducted: poll published Monday, 25 August 2026.
  • Margin of error: not stated in any article.
  • Question wording published: not in any article.

This lists what the articles said and did not say. A detail missing here may appear in the pollster's own release; it was not in the coverage.

6outlets→3independent
What happened, for context

A Harris-Interactive-Toluna poll commissioned by French broadcasters M6 and RTL, released Monday 25 August 2026, shows far-left leader Jean-Luc Melenchon as the most likely candidate to reach the second-round runoff against far-right candidate Marine Le Pen in France's 2027 presidential election. The poll indicates Melenchon would advance to the runoff against Le Pen in three of five first-round scenarios modeled, with Le Pen commanding a 16-point lead in every scenario tested.

5 of 6 articles were readable. Headline only, no body text retrieved, for: reuters.com. Nothing below is drawn from those outlets beyond their headline.

Who reported it

    • reuters.comWIRE
    • devdiscourse.comUNCLASSIFIED
    identical copy
    • france24.comPUBLIC
    • rfi.frUNCLASSIFIED
    • today.rtl.luUNCLASSIFIED
    identical copy
  • politico.euUNCLASSIFIED

References

Carried by multiple outlets

  • Pollster: Toluna Harris Interactive, commissioned by broadcasters M6 and RTLfrance24.com, rfi.fr, today.rtl.lu, politico.eu
  • Sample: more than 1,700 French adultsfrance24.com, rfi.fr, today.rtl.lu
  • Melenchon's polling level: between 16 and 17 percentfrance24.com, rfi.fr, today.rtl.lu
  • Melenchon's polling increase from April: up from 12 percentfrance24.com, rfi.fr, today.rtl.lu
  • In the poll's modeled scenarios, Melenchon would advance to the second round against Le Pen in three of five possible first-round scenariosfrance24.com, rfi.fr, today.rtl.lu
  • In one scenario modeled, Melenchon would be neck and neck with Édouard Philippefrance24.com, rfi.fr, today.rtl.lu
  • and 7 more, not shown

Reported by one outlet only

  • Le Pen projects a lead of at least 16 points ahead of her nearest competitor in every scenario testedonly politico.eu
  • Le Pen polling: between 35 and 38 percent of voting intentionsonly today.rtl.lu
  • Politico characterizes the scenario of Melenchon facing Le Pen as 'Brussels' nightmare scenario' and 'a battle of extremes'only politico.eu