(Angus Reid Global Monitor) - The governing Socialist Worker’s Party (PSOE) has extended its lead in Spain’s political scene, according to a poll by Instituto Opina released by Cadena Ser. 44 per cent of respondents would back the PSOE in this year’s general election, up one point since early January.

The opposition Popular Party (PP) is second with 38 per cent, followed by the coalition of United Left (IU) and Initiative for Catalonia-Greens (IC-V) with 3.5 per cent, Catalonia’s Convergence and Union (CiU) with three per cent, the Republican Left of Catalonia (ERC) with 1.9 per cent, and the Basque Nationalist Party (PNV) with 1.6 per cent.

PSOE leader José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero was sworn in as president of the government in April 2004, following his party’s victory in the legislative ballot. The conservative PP had administered the government under José María Aznar since 1996. Mariano Rajoy took over as PP leader in August 2003.

Yesterday, Zapatero discussed his views on the domestic economy, saying, "We have recently issued negative unemployment numbers, but we are better off than we were four years ago. (...) We are experiencing a great economic moment, and are one of the developed countries with the lowest amount of debt."

The general election is scheduled for Mar. 9.

Polling Data

What party would you support in the next general election?

Source: Instituto Opina / Cadena Ser
Methodology: Telephone interviews with 1,000 Spanish adults, conducted on Jan. 23, 2008. Margin of error is 3.1 per cent.

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