Spain’s new leftist party takes lead in poll

An opinion poll published on the 2 November 2014 in Spain showed that the new anti-Establishment Party Podemos had became the number one choice of the those polled.

Spanish electors were concerned about economic and corruption issues. Nevertheless the established parties still felt they could win back the support of the electorate in forthcoming local, regional and national elections in 2015.

El País reported on the 5 November 2014 that Podemos remained the third biggest political force in Spain, according to a new voter-intention poll carried out by the CIS state research institute. The survey found that if elections were held then, the governing Popular Party (PP) would take 27.5% of the vote, the Socialist Party (PSOE) 23.9%, and Podemos 22.5%.

ESO: Background information: No Podemos parar: Spain's six-month-old protest party comes second in new opinion poll http://www.europeansources.info/record/blog-no-podemos-parar-spains-six-month-old-protest-party-comes-second-in-new-opinion-poll/

ESO: Background information: Podemos: A party under construction http://www.europeansources.info/record/podemos-a-party-under-construction/

El Periódico de Catalunya, 03.11.14: Spaniards turn their back on established parties (via Euro|Topics) http://www.eurotopics.net/en/home/presseschau/archiv/aehnliche/archiv_article/ARTICLE153012-Spaniards-turn-their-back-on-established-parties

El País, 03.11.14: Leading parties blame meteoric rise of Podemos on corruption http://elpais.com/elpais/2014/11/03/inenglish/1415011542_341454.html

ESO: Background information: Massive anti-corruption raids rattle Spain http://www.europeansources.info/record/massive-anti-corruption-raids-rattle-spain/

The Local.es, 03.11.14: Spain's Podemos party tops new poll http://www.thelocal.es/20141103/spains-new-podemos-party-tops-poll-courr

i-Portugal, 03.11.14: Spain's protest party cheating with demagogy (via Euro|Topics) http://www.eurotopics.net/en/home/presseschau/archiv/aehnliche/archiv_article/ARTICLE153033-Spain-s-protest-party-cheating-with-demagogy

El País, 05.11.14: Podemos remains Spain’s third biggest political force — CIS survey http://elpais.com/elpais/2014/11/05/inenglish/1415191449_131878.html

Blog: Open Europe, 05.11.14: The Podemos Express: What lies behind the extraordinary rise of Spain's new protest party? http://www.openeuropeblog.blogspot.co.uk/2014/11/the-podemos-express-what-lies-behind.html

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