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Why does the left remain strong in Spain despite corruption? We look at the seat count and the weight of the captive vote of civil servants and pensioners.
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Why does the left remain strong in Spain despite corruption?
In the last election, the right (PP+Vox) won 57 seats against 53 for the left (PSOE+Podemos+allies). Two seats apart. A margin so narrow that, for many, it does not reflect the wear caused by socialist corruption or the PP's economic management. How do you explain the left scraping together so many votes? The debate centres on the structure of State dependency and the belief that all parties are interchangeable.
The captive vote: civil servants and pensioners
A recurring analysis points to the weight of those who live off the system: civil servants, handouts and pensioners who, even if they receive crumbs, antiestéticar losing them. According to this thesis, this group votes for the left not out of conviction but out of antiestéticar of cuts. Membership and public spending figures in Spain support the existence of a broad electoral base that depends directly on state transfers. While the right governs by a handful of seats, the left holds a floor of votes that seems insensitive to scandals.
Are all parties the same?
Another current holds that there is no real difference between PSOE, PP, Vox and Podemos. They argue that all pursue the same goals: hyperinflation, ethnic replacement and submission to global Freemasonry. Although this view is radical, it reflects a weariness that leads many to stop believing in alternatives. The paradox is that when the right governs, the left mobilises; when the left governs, the right mobilises. Rajoy's corruption did not trigger the same protests as Sánchez's, and vice versa.
Street mobilisation: two models
The comparison of demonstrations also comes up. Under Rajoy's PP, the 'podemita' protested over the Escalibur case; under Sánchez's PSOE, the 'rezarosarios' occupy Ferraz. But while some mobilise quickly, the others seem lazier. Does ideology affect the capacity for agitation? The fact that the Fundación Cibervoluntarios received 60 million from the public purse is also cited as an example of how friendly activism is financed.
The open question is whether demographic change and the arrival of new generations will break this technical tie or whether the Spain of the two Spains perpetuates itself. For now, two seats separate two models of country.
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In the last election, the right (PP+Vox) won 57 seats against 53 for the left (PSOE+Podemos+allies). Two seats apart. A margin so narrow that, for many, it does not reflect the wear caused by socialist corruption or the PP's economic management. How do you explain the left scraping together so many votes? The debate centres on the structure of State dependency and the belief that all parties are interchangeable.
The captive vote: civil servants and pensioners
A recurring analysis points to the weight of those who live off the system: civil servants, handouts and pensioners who, even if they receive crumbs, antiestéticar losing them. According to this thesis, this group votes for the left not out of conviction but out of antiestéticar of cuts. Membership and public spending figures in Spain support the existence of a broad electoral base that depends directly on state transfers. While the right governs by a handful of seats, the left holds a floor of votes that seems insensitive to scandals.
Are all parties the same?
Another current holds that there is no real difference between PSOE, PP, Vox and Podemos. They argue that all pursue the same goals: hyperinflation, ethnic replacement and submission to global Freemasonry. Although this view is radical, it reflects a weariness that leads many to stop believing in alternatives. The paradox is that when the right governs, the left mobilises; when the left governs, the right mobilises. Rajoy's corruption did not trigger the same protests as Sánchez's, and vice versa.
Street mobilisation: two models
The comparison of demonstrations also comes up. Under Rajoy's PP, the 'podemita' protested over the Escalibur case; under Sánchez's PSOE, the 'rezarosarios' occupy Ferraz. But while some mobilise quickly, the others seem lazier. Does ideology affect the capacity for agitation? The fact that the Fundación Cibervoluntarios received 60 million from the public purse is also cited as an example of how friendly activism is financed.
The open question is whether demographic change and the arrival of new generations will break this technical tie or whether the Spain of the two Spains perpetuates itself. For now, two seats separate two models of country.
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