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: Zapatero Unpopular According to Poll

Do you have a favourable or unfavourable opinion of José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero’s performance as president?

	Jul. 2008	May 2008
Favourable	41%	51%
Unfavourable	51%	44%

Source: Ipsos / Expansión
Methodology: Telephone interviews with 1,000 Spanish adults, conducted from Jul. 1 to Jul. 13, 2008. No margin of error was provided.

Spain: Public Against Allowing Freedom Vote for Basques

Basque Country president Juan José Ibarretxe has announced that a public consultation in the area’s self-determination will take place. Do you support or oppose this initiative?

Support	18.7%
Oppose	62.4%
Not sure	16.9%

Do you think the Spanish government should do everything it can to prevent the public consultation on the Basque Country’s self-determination from taking place?

Yes	58.1%
No	23.2%
Not sure	15.7%

Source: Instituto Opina / Cadena Ser
Methodology: Telephone interviews with 1,000 Spanish adults, conducted on Jun. 26, 2008. Margin of error is 3.1 per cent.

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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.

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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.

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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.

UK, France, Italy & Germany Unhappy With EU

Since your country became part of the European Union (EU) has life in your country become better, worse or stayed the same?

	BRI	FRA	ITA	ESP	GER
Better	13%	19%	24%	53%	22%
Worse	52%	50%	47%	24%	44%
Stayed the same	21%	25%	25%	18%	24%
Not sure	14%	7%	4%	5%	9%

Source: Harris Interactive / Financial Times
Methodology: Online interviews with 5,413 adults in Britain, France, Germany, Italy and Spain, conducted from Feb. 28 to Mar. 12, 2007. Margin of error for individual countries is 3 per cent.

Spain: Merit Not Important, Blind Affirmative Action Is

The Congress is about to approve the Equality Law. Do you think this is a positive law?

Yes	80.4%
No	6.9%

The law establishes that electoral lists should have the same number of men and women. Do you support or oppose this measure?

Support	76.0%
Oppose	17.5%

The law also establishes that the corporate boards of businesses should also have the same number of men and women. Do you support or oppose this measure?

Support	68.7%
Oppose	20.9%

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: 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: Rajoy Gains, Now 11.5 pts. Behind Zapatero

Do you approve or disapprove of the performance of José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero as president?

	Mar. 7	Feb. 23	Feb. 7
Approve	44.6%	50.4%	50.7%
Disapprove	47.3%	42.9%	40.7%

Do you approve or disapprove of the performance of Mariano Rajoy as opposition leader?

	Mar. 7	Feb. 23	Feb. 7
Approve	33.1%	27.0%	30.4%
Disapprove	62.3%	66.8%	64.0%

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: Too Cowardly to Even Have Troops in Afghanistan

After the death of the Spanish soldier, what you think the government should do in terms of the Afghanistan mission?

Withdraw the troops	47.3%
Keep the troops	31.7%
Send more troops	6.1%
Not sure	13.3%

Do you think Spain’s mission in Afghanistan is similar to the one the country conduced in Iraq?

Yes	35.0%
No	47.1%
Not sure	16.1%

Source: Instituto Opina / Cadena Ser
Methodology: Telephone interviews with 1,000 Spanish adults, conducted on Feb. 23, 2007. Margin of error is 3.1 per cent.

Europeans Hate the Euro

What impact has the introduction of the euro made on your country’s economy?

	All	BRI	FRA	ITA	ESP	GER
Negative impact	59%	22%	76%	77%	68%	55%
No difference / Not sure	25%	66%	19%	5%	11%	20%
Positive impact	16%	12%	5%	17%	22%	25%

Source: Harris Interactive / Financial Times
Methodology: Online interviews with 5,314 adults in Britain, France, Germany, Italy and Spain, conducted from Jan. 10 to Jan. 22, 2007. Margin of error for individual countries is 3 per cent.