Podemos would come out on top if elections called now, says survey
Monday, November 3, 2014 @ 10:43 AM
A RECENT poll in the Spanish media shows newly-formed independent party Podemos comes out top and would win if general elections were carried out right now.
Started by Madrid Complutense University politics professor Pablo Iglesias, 35, who lives in a rented flat with his dog on a salary of 900 euros a month, Podemos went from a group of like-minded activists meeting in a garage to earning three seats in the European Parliament in May this year.
They are unlikely to run for the local elections in May 2015, as they plan to save themselves for the general elections in November next year.
The public opinion poll showed Podemos would net 27% of the votes, whilst 26.2% would go to the socialists (PSOE) and 20.7% to the right-wing PP, which is currently in power.
According to the survey carried out by Metroscopia for daily broadsheet El País, the PP still came out on top a week ago with 30.2% saying they would vote them back in at the next elections, but with the massive corruption scandal that has led to the arrest of at least 51 people - including politicians, most of whom are on the PP - their popularity has plummeted.
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