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Fachada del Palacio de La Moncloa en Madrid al atardecer con la bandera de España ondeando
Palacio de La Moncloa, en Madrid, al atardecer, con la bandera de España ondeando sobre su fachada. · Imagen generada para EPM

Sánchez welcomes Democratic win and projects it onto Spain

Pedro Sánchez welcomed the Democratic Party victory in the United States legislative elections, likened it to the win of Lula da Silva in Brazil and predicted…

--- The context --- Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez, the Socialist candidate for reelection, spoke this Wednesday, November 4, about the outcome of the legislative elections in the United States. His message came in the middle of the campaign, with 25 days left before the elections in Spain. --- The facts --- According to the report, Sánchez welcomed the Democratic Party victory in the United States legislative elections. On his social media account he argued that American society voted against policies that, in his view, only impoverish, and also against hatred, machismo, climate denialism and the privileges of the elites. --- The positions --- The prime minister likened that outcome to the victory of Lula da Silva in the recent Brazilian presidential elections. He added that something similar happened in Brazil and will soon happen in Spain, because the far right wave that, he said, Alberto Núñez Feijóo and Santiago Abascal intend to ride no longer grows and is crumbling. --- What remains unknown --- The report gives no detailed breakdown of the United States results and no reaction from Feijóo or Abascal. It also includes no Spanish polling showing whether that trend carries over to Spain. --- Unanswered questions --- What concrete results did each party obtain in the United States legislative elections according to the report? How do Feijóo and Abascal respond to the prime minister reading of their parties? What voting intention data in Spain supports or contradicts the forecast Sánchez made for the vote in 25 days? --- EPM analysis --- The message organizes the Spanish campaign around a simple idea: rejection of policies that impoverish would resonate beyond the United States. Sánchez presents the American and Brazilian cases as one sequence and places his rivals inside the current that, in his reading, is losing momentum. 📌 EPM Take: In EPM's view, the strength of the message lies in how it links three settings through one frame: economic hardship, rejection of hatred and a brake on the far right. That reading gives Sánchez a clear narrative for the final stretch of his campaign. Its real force, however, will depend on whether Spanish voters share that diagnosis when they vote in 25 days.
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