Spanish Polls Show Left Still Weak, Vox Hits Record High
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New opinion polls in Spain show that the left is still in a weak position.
The parties PSOE and Sumar remain at very low levels of support.
At the same time, the right-wing party Vox has reached a record high score.
Vox's growth is partly coming at the expense of the PP, another right-wing party.
According to several polls, the PP would not win more than 141 seats in Congress.
Because of this, the PP would need support from Vox in order to govern.
Despite this, the right would still keep an absolute majority together.
An absolute majority means having more than half of all the seats in parliament.
This situation continues even though there has been recent street protest from left-wing supporters.
People on the left have been protesting in cities, showing anger at the political situation.
However, this protest activity does not seem to be changing the poll numbers.
The polls suggest that voters have not moved away from the right.
This data comes after an early election was announced, called an adelanto in Spanish.
Analysts say the numbers show a clear trend: the left is struggling, and the right is strong.
Many people will be watching future polls closely before any real vote happens.
Vocabulary8 words
- polls
- studies that ask people questions, used to guess election results
- Vox
- a right-wing political party in Spain
- record
- the highest number ever reached
- seats
- places won by a party in parliament
- Congress
- the group of politicians who make laws
- absolute majority
- more than half of all seats, enough to govern without help
- protest
- when people show anger publicly, often in the street
- adelanto
- a Spanish word meaning an early election called before the normal time
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1. They remain at very low support levels 2. From the PP 3. True
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New opinion _____ in Spain show that the left is still in a weak position.
The parties PSOE and Sumar remain at very low levels of _____.
At the same time, the right-wing party Vox has reached a _____ high score.
Vox's growth is partly coming at the expense of the _____, another right-wing party.
According to several polls, the PP would not win more than 141 _____ in Congress.
Because of this, the PP would need support from Vox in order to _____.
Despite this, the right would still keep an absolute _____ together.
This situation continues even though there has been recent street _____ from left-wing supporters.
However, this protest activity does not seem to be changing the _____ numbers.
This data comes after an early election was announced, called an _____ in Spanish.
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