Voting of the French living in Lebanon and abroad in the presidential election 2017

During the first round of the 2017 presidential elections, the vote of French citizens living in Lebanon in favor of François Fillon was massive. 61 percent supported the Republican candidate, against 26.3 percent for all French citizens living abroad, and 20 percent for all French people. These figures highlight the weight of the Franco-Lebanese Christian community, a population traditionally favorable to the right, and which was probably sensitive to the strong plea of François Fillon in favor of the Christians of the East and his denunciation of the Islamist danger.

In 2022, as the race towards the second round of presidential elections intensifies, the support of the conservative Catholic electorate could be a strategic issue for both Valérie Pécresse and Éric Zemmour.