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Pedro Sánchez, presidente del Gobierno, tras la disolución de las Cortes y la convocatoria del adelanto electoral
Sánchez convocó elecciones generales para el 29-N tras detectar sus trackings internos una subida de Vox que redibujaba el escenario frente al PP. · ABC

Internal PSOE trackings detected the Vox surge before Sánchez dissolved parliament

Internal PSOE trackings detected a rise of Vox at the expense of PP and a comeback scenario that rushed the dissolution of the Cortes and the call for 29-N…

--- The context --- The survey is dated to the beginning of October, just before prime minister Pedro Sánchez called a general election for 29-N. At the height of the social outcry over housing, the internal PSOE trackings were key in rushing the end of the legislature and the unexpected dissolution of the Cortes. The party's own polling suggested that an early call offered the best possible scenario for the socialists, given the rise of Vox and the brake on PP's potential growth due to its inability to attract socialist voters, according to the PSOE demographic report. --- The facts --- The study, by a regular Ferraz consultancy on the data matrix of the Sociological Research Centre, detects Vox growing at PP's expense and lowering the expectations of Alberto Núñez Feijóo: if PSOE were able to hold at 28%, it could finish ahead of PP, if Vox is able to reach 20-21%. In September, the transfer from PP to Vox rose to 1.171.445 votes, with a leakage of 17%, well above the polling consensus, between 11 and 14%. In the opposite direction, PP would barely claw back 210.409 votes from Vox. Between blocs, PP would take 545.220 votes from PSOE and Vox 183.878. On the left, PSOE would absorb its junior partner: 609.024 Sumar voters would swell its results and the socialists would barely lose 220.676 votes to Sumar. The leakage from Sumar to PSOE triples the opposite one. --- The positions --- The report marks the limits: the party of Santiago Abascal still sits three points below, at around 18% of the vote. Sector sources also warn that the sample of the Sociological Research Centre, directed by José Félix Tezanos, is biased. Until September, the analysis gave the left no possibility at all, against a comfortable advantage for PP and a right above 190 seats. The irruption of the eviction of Maricarmen would have driven Vox, with transfers above 17%, and opens a possible comeback scenario for Sánchez. That turn would explain the socialist attempt to keep up the tension at the Puerta del Sol through the Government delegation in Madrid, instead of dispersing the protests. The Ferraz team predicts a combined PP and Vox total of 180 seats. --- What remains unknown --- The consultancy and the size of the sample are not identified. Nor is it explained who Maricarmen is, what PP, Vox or Sumar say, or the public reasons Sánchez gave for dissolving the Cortes. --- Unanswered questions --- Will Vox reach the 20-21% the comeback needs? Will PSOE hold at 28%? Who will clarify the alleged bias of the sample? Will the last seats be decided in Sevilla, Córdoba or Zaragoza? --- EPM analysis --- The window is narrow but real: the right divides, PSOE concentrates the vote of the left, and the battle moves to the intermediate provinces, where PP and Vox would compete for the last seat. 📌 EPM Take: In EPM's view, dissolving the Cortes after detecting the rise of Vox was risky, but it rested on concrete data: a transfer of 1.171.445 votes, a leakage of 17% and a PSOE able to concentrate the vote that Sumar loses. The condition is demanding, because Vox stands at around 18% and the comeback requires 20-21% without PP recovering ground. If the window is confirmed, bringing the election forward will have turned the housing outcry into a real electoral opportunity.
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