Spanish Party can tops opinion polls – Prensa Latina

Spanish Party can tops opinion polls – Prensa Latina

February 8, 2015, 5:57 Madrid, Feb 8 (Prensa Latina) new game we created a year ago, today would win the elections in Spain with 27.7 percent of estimated vote, according to a poll of Metroscopia signature for the newspaper El Pais.

 According to the survey, which coincides with the trend reflected by a similar investigation of the Center for Sociological Research last week, the ruling Popular Party (PP) remain in second place with 20.9 percent.

The Socialist Party Spanish (PSOE) ranks third with 18.3 percent, ahead of Citizens -organisation opposite the Catalan independence movement who recently announced his rise to national politics with 12.2 percent.

The poll was conducted by telephone interviews thousand people over 18 years throughout the national territory on 3 and 4 February.

Metroscopia also places can, led by university professor Pablo Iglesias, first place in direct intention to vote, with 20.4 percent, followed by the PP (12.2), PSOE (11.2) and Citizens for 6.8 percent.

According to the methodology signature is meant by direct intention to vote the sum of responses to the question Why you vote today ?, while the estimated voting takes into account variations in memory of the vote and loyalty to parties.

Compared to January, can vote fell in estimated 0.5 points, rose 1.7 PP and PSOE fell 5.2, while Citizens, led by Albert Rivera went from 8.1 to 12.2 percent.

Unida (IU) Left, affected by the defection of followers to can, with a very similar program, increased 5.3 percent voting estimated in January to 6.5 in February, but in the fifth seat, when in 2013 it was the third most voted.

Union Progreso y Democracia (UPyD), the sixth Spanish national party range, down from five to 4.5 percent to apparently due to the exodus of their supporters to Citizens, who shares center-right positions.

As for political figures, the highest rated is Rivera (Citizens) with 12 points (65 percent recognition, 49 percent approval and 37 percent disapproval), while the rest said they did not know or did not answer.

Rivera was the only one with positive assessment and behind were placed with negative scores Alberto Garzón (IU) with -12; Rosa Díez (UPyD), with -18; Iglesias (We can) with -20; Pedro Sanchez (PSOE), with -23 and Mariano Rajoy (PP) with -50

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