Popularity of Presidents of the French Fifth Republic 2018

This graph shows the percentage of good opinions towards the successive Presidents of the French Fifth Republic among surveyed in France in 2018. It appears that 65 percent of the respondents stated they had a good opinion on Charles de Gaulle, whereas 16 percent of surveyed declared having a good image of François Hollande.

Percentage of good opinions towards Presidents of the French Fifth Republic among French in 2018*

Characteristic	Share of good opinions
Charles de Gaulle	65%
Jacques Chirac	48%
Georges Pompidou	47%
François Mitterrand	39%
Valery Giscard d'Estaing	33%
Nicolas Sarkozy	29%
Emmanuel Macron	20%
François Hollande	16%

Loading statistic...

Download

Source

Show detailed source information?

Already a member?

Sources

Use Ask Statista Research Service

Release date

October 2018

More information

Region

France

Survey time period

September 26-27, 2018

Number of respondents

1,006 respondents

Age group

18 years and older

Method of interview

Online panel

Supplementary notes

* The question was phrased by the source as follows: "Parlons désormais des présidents de la cinquième République française. Dans quelle mesure diriez-vous avoir une bonne ou mauvaise image de chacun des Présidents de la République suivants?"

Citation formats