New poll confirms Spanish parties will be forced to reach elusive deals

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Series Details 09.06.16
Publication Date 09/06/2016
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In a Metroscopia poll published in El País on the 6 June 2016, the left wing United Left-Podemos alliance was second, with 25.5% support versus 28.5% percent for the conservative Popular Party PP, 20.2% for the Socialists and 16.6% for the centrist Ciudadanos.

A further report from research firm CIS confirmed this trend on the 9 June 2016.

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