The polls draw a hostile parliamentary map for the continuity of the current Government and for the PSOE. The upward trend of Vox, which could reach 40 seats according to the survey prepared by Sigma Dos, acts as the true wild card of these elections: its growth compensates for the stagnation of the PP and allows the sum of both parties to aspire to an absolute majority.
All private polls published so far give victory to the PP, although the latest CIS barometer maintains the PSOE as the leading force. Faced with this scenario, the socialist ministers have closed ranks around Pedro Sánchez and have publicly conveyed their confidence and "optimism" that the result of the general elections on November 29 will be different from what the polls anticipate.
The message shared by the members of the Executive is that there is still a campaign ahead and that the PSOE has the capacity to mobilize its electorate. The ministers have vindicated the government's management and have presented the elections as a choice between the continuity of their policies and an eventual Executive formed by PP and Vox.
Socialist ministers defy the polls
One of the most forceful messages has been that of the minister, Félix Bolaños, who after the meeting of the federal Executive affirmed that the PSOE will be "the leading force" on 29-N and anticipated an electoral "spoiler": "On 29N the PSOE will be the leading force because citizens will vote for those who defend them against those who, if they can, harm them."
The spokesperson and Minister for Social Inclusion, Elma Saiz, also conveyed her confidence in the socialist result through a message published on X. "The noise is over. We have governed. We have advanced. And on 29N we will continue to do so," she wrote.
Also Óscar Puente has approached the campaign from the perspective of housing. The Minister of Transport and Sustainable Mobility summarized the electoral dilemma in one sentence: "to vote with H for housing or with V for vulture".
For his part, the Minister for Digital Transformation and Public Function, Óscar López, defended that "it is time to choose" the country that Spaniards want and contrasted "against the indignity of the penthouses, the dignity of the streets; against involution, more rights". Likewise, this Wednesday he expressed his "optimism" on the TVE program Malas Lenguas.
Ángel Víctor Torres, Minister of Territorial Policy, emphasized the same idea and assured that in the elections "there are two options: continue advancing in rights for the social majority or put the future of the country in the hands of those who betray the people and only work for those who have the most". The socialist leader added that they will go "for a progressive majority".
Pedro Sánchez has also internally conveyed his confidence in the election result. "We are going to win and we are going to govern!", the President of the Government has conveyed. The president thus faces the start of the electoral race with the party mobilized and with the objective of disputing with the PP the first position granted by the main private polls.
Feijóo enters the controversy of the ballot stuffing
While the PSOE tries to mobilize its bases for the elections, the PP has incorporated another issue into the electoral debate: the guarantees of postal voting. The leader of the PP, Alberto Núñez Feijóo, spoke this Wednesday about the functioning of Correos after the president of the Community of Madrid, Isabel Díaz Ayuso, and the leader of Vox, Santiago Abascal, have recommended citizens to avoid this voting method and have expressed doubts about the process.
Feijóo, who served as counselor-general director of Correos between May 2000 and June 2001, announced during an event held in Ceuta that his party will propose in the coming days to the Central Electoral Board additional measures aimed at reinforcing the guarantees of postal voting. The president of the PP has assured that the objective of these initiatives is “to increase the guarantee of postal voting”. At the same time, he differentiated between Correos workers and the managers of the public entity.
“I fully trust the postmen, the public employees, I do not trust the Correos executives”, Feijóo affirmed. The popular leader justified his words by referring to judicial investigations related to former officials of the public company: “It's not that I don't trust, justice doesn't trust. The former president and Ms. Leire are being investigated for trying to extort judges, prosecutors, journalists and other citizens.”
