I’d disagree on that.
I live in a poor rural area (Combrailles - Puys de Dôme) and the area is firmly left. The NFP went first in 3 of the 4 districts in my department.
Before that I lived for a few years in an area that was waaay richer (Nièvre, a zone with a lot of big cereal agri-businesses) and it was consistently right wing.
It’s a bit more complicated than urban/peri-urban/rural or generational divides. Even if these components each are important in their own right ^^
I’m really impressed at how the whole left managed to unite here in France.
The only leftwing party that didn’t cosign with the NFP (Nouveau Front Populaire / New Popular Front) is FO (Force Ouvrière) a hardline revolutionary trotskist party.
I hope that the NFP won’t be paralized by it’s more “moderate” members but including them was necessary for having a shot at getting to the second round of the elections.