Jose Pablo FerrandizPhD in Sociology and Director of Public Opinion at Ipsos Spain, explained why in Más Vale Tarde Pedro Sánchez pulled off a coup de effect with the early call of elections according to the results of local and regional elections.
The expert assures that Sánchez “had thought about it before” for different reasons. One of them, “fundamentally,” has to do with setting the political and media agenda: “So ends the possible debate that there might be, if the term were extended, on the PSOE’s ideal candidacy for the general elections. To avoid any doubts about who the candidate should be and The pressure from partners inside and outside his party would have been oppressive“, Explain.
For this reason he had “no other choice” than to press ahead with the elections. “It seems they were called by external pressure rather than their own decision,” Ferrándiz says of the possibility of extending the call to December.
On the other hand, he believes that with this announcement The victory of the PP is bitterbecause “they can’t celebrate it because they have to think about electoral issues.” Furthermore, the call to the ballot box will take place “amid talks between Vox and PP on forming governments” and the PSOE wants to stage this to portray that the alternative to a non-PSOE government is one of the PP and Vox right”.