The Catalan campaign has been overshadowed in its initial phase by the five days during which Pedro Sánchez was reflecting on the possibility of resigning as President of the Government. A 40dB survey for EL PAÍS and SER was conducted in the three days following Sánchez’s announcement that he had decided to remain in office, between April 30 and May 2. When asked about the consequences of this decision, 37.7% of citizens see it as positive for Catalonia, while 32.8% do not consider it either positive or negative, and another 18.5% perceive it as harmful. By party sympathies, it is the Socialists who most approve of Sánchez’s decision (69.9%), but voters of Comuns Sumar and Esquerra Republicana also view it positively in over 50% of cases. Junts per Catalunya, on the other hand, reflects a greater diversity of opinions.
The controversial announcement by the Prime Minister raises the question of whether it improves or worsens the opinion that voters, particularly Catalan voters who will go to the polls next Sunday, have of him. Following the events, 49.9% of Catalans say their opinion of the president has not changed, while 32.2% say it has worsened. Only 11% say they now have a better opinion of Sánchez. Once again, after Socialist voters, it is the supporters of ERC and Comuns Sumar who best accept the decision of the head of the Government. 17.4% of ERC voters and 11.5% of Comuns supporters have improved their opinion of Sánchez. However, the prevailing sentiment is that nothing has changed in terms of public opinion.
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