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Público de espaldas frente a un escenario al aire libre al atardecer, con el mar y la costa al fondo
Mitin al aire libre al atardecer junto al mar, imagen alusiva al acto celebrado en Ibiza. · Imagen generada para EPM

Abascal courts socialist voters in Ibiza who he says were deceived

At a rally in Ibiza this Saturday afternoon, Santiago Abascal said he hopes to persuade many more socialists to vote for Vox on November 29, argued they were…

--- The context --- At a rally held this Saturday afternoon in Ibiza, Vox president Santiago Abascal addressed socialist voters ahead of the general election on November 29. --- The facts --- Abascal said he was confident he could persuade many more socialists to vote for Vox. He said there were surely people in the audience who had voted for the socialists and would now vote for his party, and he thanked them with no reproach. --- The positions --- According to Abascal, those voters were deceived, because they were told there would be no deals with terrorists and separatists and the opposite was done. Of Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez, the PSOE candidate, he said Sánchez is the leader who has lied most brutally and consistently to the people. --- What remains unknown --- It remains to be seen whether that appeal will turn into votes on November 29 and how the PSOE will answer the argument that its voters were deceived. --- Unanswered questions --- How many socialist voters will accept Abascal's appeal? Will the reproach over the deals he mentioned outweigh trust in the PSOE? Will the tone of the campaign change after this rally in Ibiza? --- EPM analysis --- The message seeks to open the door to unhappy voters without reproaching them for their earlier vote. Abascal presents switching as a correction after a deception, not as a betrayal by those who once backed the PSOE. 📌 EPM Take: In EPM's view, the strength of the approach is that it does not humiliate the voter who switches: thanking them and telling them they were deceived offers a dignified way out. The question is whether pointing to the lying attributed to Sánchez will be enough, or whether Vox must also explain what it would do differently so that this new trust is not felt to be betrayed again after the November vote.
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