The PP grows in intention to vote and placed 2.7 points of the PSOE, which would win the elections | Spain
The PSOE would obtain 32% of the vote scrutinized in case elections were held, according to the May Barometer of the Center for Sociological Research (CIS), published on Wednesday. Socialists fall more than half a point regarding April study And they lose advantage over the popular ones, which grow to 29.3% in intention to vote, thus standing at 2.7 points of the PSOE.
Vox’s ultra -right falls 1.5 points compared to last month and would get 13.7% of ballots. Add remains virtually the same in intention to vote – 0.1 points – with 6.1% and can add three tenths compared to April and would obtain 4.3% of the votes.
The survey is published one day after the Congress of Deputies questioned the direction of José Félix Tezanos and supported an initiative of the Popular Party for reform the operation of the CISespecially the origin of its presidents. If this law ends up, anyone who has held a political position or in a trade union or business organization in the five years prior to the appointment may not be under the command of the agency. The surveys of the barometer published on Wednesday were held in the first days of May, after the mass cut of the electricity supply that left the Iberian Peninsula without light, a time when a new page was opened in the debate on the relevance of nuclear energy and the importance of clean energy. During the CIS field study, the reducing of the workday to 37.5 hours and the April unemployment data were known from the meeting of the Council of Ministers, when The record of 21.6 million jobs was marked After registering 67,000 unemployed less compared to the previous month.
The May Barometer, composed of more than 4,000 interviews, asks for the sympathy of citizens towards political parties. Most respondents, 44.9%, indicate not sympathy for any party. 13.5% say they feel sympathy for the PSOE and 11.5%, by the PP, which contrasts with the voting intention data provided by the Institute led by José Félix Tezanos. Citizens under 44 show more sympathy for the PP and those over 45, by the Socialist Party. Even so, 68% say that « surely » would vote in case general elections were held tomorrow.
42.1% of respondents say they prefer Pedro Sánchez as president of the Government at a time as the current one. After him, 16.9% say that the leader of the PP, Alberto Núñez Feijóo, would be better president. Third, Santiago Abascal (Vox) is located, the preferred by 12.2% of the survey participants. Seeing these data by ages, it emphasizes that although a higher percentage prefers Sánchez, 27.2% of citizens under 24 prefer Vox leader as executive leader.
The May Barometer asks citizens’ opinion about reduce the vote age to 16 years. In general, the majority disagree or disagree (79.3%) compared to 18.4% who believe that young people aged 16 and 17 should be able to go to the polls. Paradoxically, support to this measure is lower among young people than among the elderly: between 18 and 24 years, only 9.6%is shown, while one in four over 65 sees appropriate who votes before 18.
Housing, for the sixth consecutive month, is the main problem of the country, according to 25.5% of Spaniards; They are followed by political problems in general (19.7%) and unemployment (19.2%). Regarding the economic situation, 55.3% of citizens consider that the Spanish economy is in a bad or very bad time compared to 36.9% who claim that the moment is good or very good. Asked about their personal economic situation, respondents are more positive: 69.3% qualify it as good or very good compared to 23% who say they cross a bad or very bad economic situation.
