Spain: Polls indicate that party can be number two – El Nuevo Herald

The Spanish ultra-left alliance Unidos Podemos could increase its share of the vote in a new election and overcome the Socialists as the main opposition force and become the second political force in the country, according to three new polls published on Sunday.

surveys conducted by three private firms published by the daily El Pais, El Mundo and the Spanish show that the conservative Popular Party (PP) would win the election, but not with a margin enough to form a government .

However, polls coincide in indicating that the newcomer Unidos Podemos the main opposition party would become, overtaking the socialists, who have traditionally been rotated power with the PP in a virtual system bipartisan.

the voters, angered by an unemployment rate of 20%, austerity cuts and corruption scandals seemingly endless involving the PP and the Spanish Socialist Workers Party (PSOE), ended the political system well established two-party of Spain and create four political forces after the general elections on 20 December. This allowed citizens can and -close to enter businessmen- Congress.

The fragmentation meant that the PP, which had held power for four years, did not get a majority to form a government .

Months of negotiations have followed the elections to try to break the deadlock, but failed to progress towards forming a government, so the new vote will be held on June 26.

the Metroscopia survey published by El Pais, said that 1,200 adults polled from May 31 to June 1 People’s Party got 28.5% of the votes against 25.6% United we can and 20, 2% for the PSOE, with a margin of error of plus / minus 2.9 percentage points.

the Sigma Dos poll published in El Mundo, said the PP could get the support of 31% of voters, up from 23.7% for United we can and 20.3% for the socialists. The survey was based on responses from 1,000 adults from May 31 to June 2, with a margin of error of plus / minus 3.16 percentage points.

The Spanish said that the PP could get the 27.7%, while Unidos Podemos would be 24.3% and the socialists 21.6%, based on a survey of 1,000 adults from 1 to 3 June, with a margin of error of plus / minus 3 1 percentage points.