Poll on voting estimate Spain: we can fall and there … – LaTercera (Record)

The Spanish Popular Party (PP) – center-right and the Government- leads the voting intention Spanish with a lead of just over one percentage point over the Socialists PSOE, whose leader Pedro Sanchez, appears better valued than the president of the Government, Mariano Rajoy.

The latest survey by the Center for Sociological Research (CIS), released today, shows that the PP would win general elections if they were held today, 25.6% of the vote, while the PSOE It stands at second, with 24.3%. Meanwhile, we lose strength and pop down to third place.

The PSOE recovery is mainly due to the fall of Podemos, the party “brother” of the Greek Syriza, falling to 16.5%. The group had recorded 23.9% in the previous analysis polls on voting intentions, made by the CIS in January.

In contrast, the centrist party Citizens , emerged in Catalonia and first nationwide participate in municipal and regional elections on May 24, experiencing strong Growth in the survey, rising from 3.1% to 13.8 percent, according to the survey conducted between 1 and April 12, just 2.7 points can. Albert Rivera’s party, centrist, would stand at fourth place with 13.8%. Izquierda Unida gets 4.8% and UPyD, founded by the former socialist Rosa Diaz, practically disappears with just 1.9%.

The municipal and regional elections this month, the campaign officially begins at midnight, is seen as a test for the general elections, scheduled to be held in late years and in which Rajoy has already advanced to be submitted for re-election.

According to the survey, the secretary general of the PSOE, Pedro Sanchez, is valued as a political leader with a score of 3.59, and exceeds by more than one point the prime minister, Mariano Rajoy, with 2.49.

The CIS also today released its monthly barometer, which shows that unemployment is the main problem for 81.5 percent of Spaniards (80, 3 in March), followed by corruption, which descends almost two points, from 50.8 to 48.6.

The survey continues to place as the third concern of Spanish economic nature problems, with 26.9 per cent, two points from the previous month, and the fourth relating to the political and parties, with 19.6, compared to 20 percent in March.