Spain’s Socialists hold lead in poll, far-right Vox rises

Spain’s governing Socialists (PSOE) would win 31.2 % of the vote if an election were held today, an official poll showed yesterday, only slightly below the previous poll published in October, while far-right Vox saw support jump. Vox, which clinched a surprise 12 seats in the regional Andalusia election on Sunday, would win 2.5% of the vote according to the closely-watched poll, which was run November 1 to November 11, up from 1.3% in October. The conservative People’s Party (PP) stood in second place with 19.1% of the vote, up slightly from 18.2% previously, while market-friendly Ciudadanos was in third place with 18.2%, down from 21% in October.