Xavier Trias was clearly the candidate preferred by the people of Barcelona to become mayor of the city, as revealed by the Barcelona City Council barometer that took place between May 30 and June 8, that is, between the municipal elections on May 28 and the investiture of the socialist Jaume Collboni on June 17.
According to this survey, made from 808 interviews, the Junts candidate was the favorite of 44.5% of those interviewed, ahead of Jaume Collboni (18.3%), Ada Colau (12.7%) and Ernest Maragall (2.1%).
Asked about the preferences for a municipal government, the one from Trias alone appears in first position (14.7%) followed by the left-wing tripartite (PSC, BComú, ERC), with 13.4%; the bipartite Trias PSC (9.1%); the combination PSC BComú (7%) and a pro-independence government of Junts and ERC (6.5%).
When evaluating the municipal leaders, the winner of the previous municipal elections, Xavier Trias, is the one who gets the best score, with a 5.3 out of 10, ahead of Ernest Maragall (5.1), Jaume Collboni (4.6), Ada Colau (4.5), Daniel Sirera (2.9) and Vox’s candidate, Gonzalo de Oro-Pulido (1.4).
The campaign of the municipal elections of May 28 was followed by Barcelonans with less interest than that of 2019. 37.6% of those interviewed were very or quite interested, while the interest aroused was little or none for 56.2%.
The campaign carried out by former mayor Xavier Trias is the best valued: 44.6% of those surveyed rate it as good or very good; that of the PSC receives a positive assessment from 36.7% of Barcelonans; and that of Colau has 35.3% positive notes.
Asked by the abstentionists which candidacy they would have voted for if they had decided to go to the polls, 132% say that the one chosen would have been Ada Colau’s, 11.3% would have opted for Xavier Trias, 7.8% for the Republican Ernest Maragall, 7.6% for the PP and 6.6% for the PSC.
When casting their vote in the municipal elections, the people of Barcelona state that the factor that most influenced their decision was the city project (40.8%), followed by the party’s ideology (37.8%) and the candidate (15.9%)
