Spain: Socialist Party Support Plummets

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What party would you support in the next general election?

	May 2010	Jan. 2008
Popular Party (PP)	42.8%	38.6%
Socialist Worker’s Party (PSOE)	33.7%	42.0%
Other parties	23.5%	19.2%

Source: Metroscopia / El País
Methodology: Telephone interviews with 2,000 Spanish adults, conducted on May 13, 2010. Margin of error is 2.2 per cent.  

Spain: Socialists Lead by 4

What party would you support in the next general election?

	Mar. 6	Mar. 5
Socialist Worker’s Party (PSOE)	42.6%	42.4%
Popular Party (PP)	38.6%	39.0%
Other parties	18.8%	18.6%

Source: GESOP / El Periódic d’Andorra
Methodology: Telephone interviews with 1,200 Spanish adults, conducted on Mar. 5 and Mar. 6, 2008. Margin of error is 2.8 per cent.

Socialists Lead in Spain

What party would you support in the next general election?

	Noxa	Publi.	Sigma	Opina	Average
Socialist Worker’s Party (PSOE)	43.5%	43.9%	43.4%	43.5%	43.6%
Popular Party (PP)	39.5%	39.5%	39.3%	38.0%	39.1%
Other parties	17.0%	16.6%	17.3%	18.5%	17.3%

Source: Instituto Noxa / La Vanguardia
Methodology: Telephone interviews with 1,200 Spanish adults, conducted from Feb. 26 to Feb. 29, 2008. Margin of error is 2.9 per cent.

Source: Publiscopio
Methodology: Telephone interviews with 7,200 Spanish adults, conducted from Feb. 18 to Mar. 1, 2008. Margin of error is 1.1 per cent.

Source: Sigma Dos / El Mundo
Methodology: Telephone interviews with 11,000 Spanish adults, conducted from Feb. 20 to Mar. 1, 2008. Margin of error is 1.2 per cent.

Source: Instituto Opina / Cadena Ser
Methodology: Telephone interviews with 1,000 Spanish adults, conducted on Mar. 2, 2008. Margin of error is 3.1 per cent.

Spain: Socialist's Lead Cut

What party would you support in the next general election?

	Dec. 2007	Jan. 2007
Socialist Worker’s Party (PSOE)	42.5%	42.0%
Popular Party (PP)	39.7%	34.8%
United Left (IU) / Initiative for Catalonia-Greens (IC-V)	5.3%	7.1%
Convergence and Union (CiU)	2.8%	3.9%
Basque Nationalist Party (PNV)	1.9%	1.7%
Republican Left of Catalonia (ERC)	1.7%	2.0%

Source: Instituto Noxa / La Vanguardia
Methodology: Telephone interviews with 2,000 Spanish adults, conducted from Nov. 28 to Dec. 12, 2007. Margin of error is 2.24 per cent.

Spain: Socialists Lead by 7 pts.

What party would you support in the next general election?

	Nov. 21	Nov. 6	Oct. 23
Socialist Worker’s Party (PSOE)	45%	44.5%	44%
Popular Party (PP)	38%	38%	39%
United Left (IU) / Initiative for Catalonia-Greens (IC-V)	4%	4%	3.3%
Convergence and Union (CiU)	3.2%	3%	3.2%
Republican Left of Catalonia (ERC)	1.9%	1.9%	1.9%
Basque Nationalist Party (PNV)	1.7%	1.4%	1.4%

Source: Instituto Opina / Cadena Ser
Methodology: Telephone interviews with 1,000 Spanish adults, conducted on Nov. 21, 2007. Margin of error is 3.1 per cent.

Spain: Socialist's Lead Down to 3 pts.

What party would you support in the next general election?

	Jun. 12	May 30	Apr. 11
Socialist Worker’s Party (PSOE)	43%	44%	43%
Popular Party (PP)	40%	38%	38%
United Left (IU) / Initiative for Catalonia-Greens (IC-V)	5%	5%	5.5%
Convergence and Union (CiU)	3%	2.5%	3.5%
Basque Nationalist Party (PNV)	2%	1.5%	1.5%
Republican Left of Catalonia (ERC)	1.5%	1.5%	1.8%

Source: Instituto Opina / Cadena Ser
Methodology: Telephone interviews with 1,000 Spanish adults, conducted on Jun. 12, 2007. Margin of error is 3.1 per cent.

Spain: Close Election Between Conservatives & Socialists

What party would you support in the next general election?

Popular Party (PP)	40.6%
Socialist Worker’s Party (PSOE)	39.7%
United Left (IU) / Initiative for Catalonia-Greens (IC-V)	5.3%

Source: Iberconsulta / La Razón
Methodology: Interviews with 1,000 Spanish adults, conducted from Jun. 11 to Jun. 13, 2007. Margin of error is 3.4 per cent.

Spain: Socialists Hold Tiny Lead

What party would you support in the next general election?

Socialist Worker’s Party (PSOE)	41.5%
Popular Party (PP)	40.3%
United Left (IU) / Initiative for Catalonia-Greens (IC-V)	4.8%
Convergence and Union (CiU)	3.0%
Republican Left of Catalonia (ERC)	1.9%
Basque Nationalist Party (PNV)	1.5%

Source: Sigma Dos / El Mundo
Methodology: Telephone interviews with 800 Spanish adults, conducted from Mar. 30 to Apr. 2, 2007. Margin of error is 3.5 per cent.

Spain: Socialists Lead by 5

What party would you support in the next general election?

	Mar. 15	Mar. 7	Feb. 23
Socialist Worker’s Party (PSOE)	43%	43%	44%
Popular Party (PP)	38%	40%	38%
United Left (IU) / Initiative for Catalonia-Greens (IC-V)	5.5%	5%	5%
Convergence and Union (CiU)	3.5%	3%	3.6%
Republican Left of Catalonia (ERC)	2%	2%	1.9%
Basque Nationalist Party (PNV)	1.5%	1%	1.5%

Source: Instituto Opina / Cadena Ser
Methodology: Telephone interviews with 1,000 Spanish adults, conducted on Mar. 15, 2007. Margin of error is 3.1 per cent.

Spain: Socialist Lead Over Conservatives Down to 3 pts.

What party would you support in the next general election?

	Mar. 7	Feb. 23	Feb. 7
Socialist Worker’s Party (PSOE)	43%	44%	43%
Popular Party (PP)	40%	38%	38%
United Left (IU) / Initiative for Catalonia-Greens (IC-V)	5%	5%	3.5%
Convergence and Union (CiU)	3%	3.6%	3.0%
Republican Left of Catalonia (ERC)	2%	1.9%	2.0%
Basque Nationalist Party (PNV)	1%	1.5%	1.5%

Source: Instituto Opina / Cadena Ser
Methodology: Telephone interviews with 1,000 Spanish adults, conducted on Mar. 7, 2007. Margin of error is 3.1 per cent.

Spain: Socialists Lead by 6

What party would you support in the next general election?

	Jan. 17	Jan. 4	Dec. 12
Socialist Worker’s Party (PSOE)	44%	42%	44%
Popular Party (PP)	38%	40%	38%
United Left (IU) / Initiative for Catalonia-Greens (IC-V)	3.5%	4%	5.5%
Convergence and Union (CiU)	3.5%	3.5%	3%
Republican Left of Catalonia (ERC)	2%	2.5%	2%
Basque Nationalist Party (PNV)	1.5%	1.5%	2%

Source: Instituto Opina / Cadena Ser
Methodology: Telephone interviews with 1,000 Spanish adults, conducted on Jan. 17, 2007. Margin of error is 3.1 per cent.