French far-right Front National (FN) party candidate for the presidential election Marine Le Pen | Eric Piermont/AFP via Getty Images | Eric Piermont/AFP via Getty Images Majority of French believe National Front is a danger to democracy: poll Only 42 percent of those surveyed believed Marine Le Pen was capable of securing votes beyond her party base.

A majority of French people believe the far-right National Front led by presidential candidate Marine Le Pen is a danger to democracy, according to a latest poll published Tuesday.

Voters are increasingly hostile toward the party, with 58 percent of respondents saying they consider it a threat, up from 47 percent five years ago, according to the Kantar Sofres-OnePoint poll for Franceinfo and Le Monde.

Between 1980 and 2002, more than 70 percent considered the party a "danger to democracy." But support for the party was buoyed by Marine Le Pen's last presidential campaign in 2012, and the number of people who considered the party a threat fell to 47 percent.

Close to 65 percent of respondents said they had never voted for the National Front, while 32 percent said they had voted for the party or intended to this year.

That means one-third of French people agree with the Front National's policies, confirming the party's "strong potential" and position in France's political landscape, according to the poll, which surveyed a representative sample of 1,006 people between February 23 and 27.

Only 42 percent of those surveyed believed Le Pen was capable of securing votes beyond her party base.

The exit from the euro and a return to franc, one of Le Pen's signature policy proposals, also dipped in popularity to 22 percent from 33 percent last year.

A recent Kantar poll for Le Figaro showed Le Pen in the lead, at 26 percent, one percentage point ahead of centrist candidate Emmanuel Macron at 25 percent, ahead of elections in April and May. Embattled Conservative candidate François Fillon lagged behind at 17 percent.