The swords are high in Spanish politics and there is no clear winner, according to the February barometer of the Center for Sociological Research (CIS), which predicts a tie between the two major parties: the PP recovers one point compared to the survey of a month ago and would obtain 33.2% of the votes, while the PSOE moderates downwards the result of the previous CIS poll, which gave it victory with 34%, which now lowers one point, leaving it in the 33%.
The survey, which does not allocate seats, awards 10.2% of the votes to Sumar, which is consolidating itself as the third force, while Vox continues to decline and now registers 7.9%. The fifth force is Podemos, which moderates its fall from the previous survey and would now obtain 2.9%.
As for the rest of the formations, ERC is the one that benefits the most compared to the previous results, since it achieves a spectacular recovery and from 1.4% in voting intention it goes to 2.1% and is once again ahead of Junts. The post-convergents, the formation that is delaying the approval of the amnesty law in Congress, suffer a loss of confidence from the Catalan electorate, and remain at 1%, which in this case is half a point lower than just before. one month. The PNV also obtains 1%, which recovers positions compared to Bildu, which would now obtain 0.8%.
At this moment, in the midst of the debate on the amnesty law, what the February barometer promises is a vibrant battle between Pedro Sánchez and Alberto Núñez Feijóo. The President of the Government continues to be the favorite of those surveyed to continue in Moncloa, however he suffers a clear setback compared to the survey from a month ago, when he had just formed a government. Sánchez was the first option for 30.4% in January and now 25.6% think so. The president of the PP and leader of the opposition remains the second option to preside over the Government, but his results slightly improve: from 16.5% in January to the current 17.2%.
In consistency, Sánchez also sees his rating lowered, in a group in which no one gets the pass. The President of the Government, who a month ago had a score of 4.42 out of 10, now remains at 4.25. Feijóo closes the gap on him a little and goes from 4.16 in January to 4.18. And they are both surpassed by the second vice president and leader of Sumar, Yolanda Díaz, with a 4.27 out of 10, despite the fact that she lowers her grade from a month ago, which was 4.4. Another indicator is the level of confidence, which is also decreasing in the case of the socialist leader: 68.5% say that he inspires little or no confidence in them. Feijóo also gets a worse result there, since in his case it is 72.4%, although he drops one point compared to a month ago.
As in every monthly barometer, the CIS asks about the biggest concerns of Spaniards. Economic problems come in first place, cited by 27.4%, followed by “political problems in general” and unemployment, both with 22.3%.
Asked about the economic situation in Spain, less than a third of those surveyed (28.6%) described it as good or very good, compared to 59.2% who considered it bad or very bad.
