Posted on 06/26/2016 1:37:44 PM PDT by orchestra
While the world is focused on the aftermath of the Brexit vote, another surprise to the European status quo was just served thanks to Spain's parliamentary elections, where according to the just released exit polls...
LATEST: Table comparing two exit polls with actual result from December:https://t.co/NtMMNlbvTR pic.twitter.com/bAAn4PTZ9t
— The Spain Report (@thespainreport) June 26, 2016
... the country's two main progressive parties, the 137-year-old Socialists and the anti-establishment group Podemos, most likely have won a majority of seats in parliament according to early exit polls.
Podemos won 91 to 95 seats compared with 71 at the last vote in December while the Socialists won 81 to 85 seats compared with 90, according to the poll by Sigma Dos published by the state broadcaster. Parties need 176 lawmakers for a majority in the 350-seat chamber. Caretaker Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy’s People’s Party won the most seats with 117 to 121, though the second- and third-placed groups have both ruled out supporting him. The liberals of Ciudadanos fell to 26 to 30 seats compared with 40 last time.
The election is perhaps most notable for the latest confirmation of total apathy: while 37 million people are eligible to participate, barely half of them had voted by 6 p.m. in Madrid, the lowest turnout on record.
As a reminder, this is the second election following a previous one in December when the result was deadlocked, preventing any single party or alliance from claiming a majority. Opinion polls had suggested the parliament that emerges this time will be just as fragmented as the previous one. Four big parties and six smaller regional ones are likely to win seats in the 350-strong assembly, none of them coming close to a majority.
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Not done spending others money yet?
Is the Parliament majority Hispanic?
White Hispanics. ;-)
Maybe they can make Bernie Prime Minister
“Despite exit polls suggesting that the far-left Unidos Podemos coalition was on course to stage a historic breakthrough by beating the socialist PSOE into third place, the much-anticipated surge has not materialised.”
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/jun/26/spanish-elections-exit-polls-show-deadlock-likely-to-continue
Darn, the media was so hoping for an anti-establishment movement they could support.
Spaniards whether “domestic” or illegal sure are into free stuff and other people’s money. Probably a piñata thing.
When will they start murdering priests and nuns?
Knowing that political spectrums are not analogous between nations.
Is this a good or bad thing?
Something in the Tapas.
“White Hispanics.”
Es verdad!
Spain=Greece.
They’re never done until there isn’t any more left.
How is this a change in the status quo? Weren’t the socialists already in charge?
Actually, the PPP won but not an absolute majority.
Damned exit polls were way off!
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