PSOE Leads by Just Three Points in Spain | The Socialist Worker’s Party (PSOE) holds a smaller edge in Spain’s political scene, according to a poll by Instituto Opina released by Cadena Ser. 43 percent of respondents would support PSOE in the next general election, down one point since late May.

The opposition conservative Popular Party (PP) is second with 40 per cent, followed by the coalition of United Left (IU) and Initiative for Catalonia-Greens (IC-V) with five per cent, Catalonia’s Convergence and Union (CiU) with three per cent, the Basque Nationalist Party (PNV) with two per cent, and the Republican Left of Catalonia (ERC) with 1.5 per cent.

The PSOE’s José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero was sworn in as president in April 2004, following his party’s victory in the legislative ballot. The PP had administered the government under José María Aznar since 1996. Mariano Rajoy took over as PP leader in August 2003.

On May 27, Spanish voters renewed their municipal councils. The PP received 35.6 per cent of the vote and elected 23,347 councillors across Spain, while the PSOE garnered 34.9 per cent of all cast ballots and secured 24,026 council seats.

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