Politics · Spain · 4 hrs ago
Catalan Socialists target undecided voters in Barcelona’s red belt
The Catalan Socialists are focusing on undecided progressive voters ahead of Spain’s general election on 29 November.
The PSC, led by Salvador Illa, plans to concentrate on Barcelona’s traditionally socialist metropolitan area, known as the red belt.
The party argues that high turnout could stop the PP and Vox from governing.
Catalonia has 48 seats in Spain’s parliament, and 40 helped support Pedro Sánchez’s investiture after the previous election in 2023.
The PSC won 19 seats then, and internal polls taken before a rail accident in Toledo put it between 19 and 23 this time.
Its campaign will include daily events around the metropolitan area, while Sánchez is expected to hold a central rally at Vall d’Hebron.
The party has dropped the festive tone of its early campaign out of respect for the rail accident, but says its priorities, including pensions, housing and infrastructure, remain unchanged.
The Catalan Socialists (PSC) plan to focus their campaign on undecided progressive voters in Barcelona’s metropolitan area ahead of the November 29 general election.
The party says mobilising these voters could help prevent the People’s Party and Vox from governing.
The PSC will hold daily events in different metropolitan towns during the first week of its campaign.
Salvador Illa will campaign alongside the party’s candidate, Jordi Hereu, and Pedro Sánchez is expected at a central campaign event in Barcelona.
The PSC says it has changed the campaign’s festive tone out of respect for a railway accident, while keeping its policy priorities unchanged.
- Who
- The Catalan Socialists (PSC), led by Salvador Illa, are targeting undecided progressive voters.
- What
- The party is planning a campaign focused on mobilising those voters and holding events across Catalonia.
- When
- Ahead of the general election on November 29.
- Where
- Barcelona’s metropolitan area, known as the city’s red belt, and other parts of Catalonia.
- Why
- The PSC says mobilising progressive voters is needed to help secure a progressive majority in Congress and prevent the right and far right from governing.
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The PSC won 19 seats in Catalonia, where 40 of the 48 elected deputies supported the majority that backed Pedro Sánchez’s investiture.
Sánchez attended an event in Tarragona.
Illa said on RAC1 that strong turnout in the November 29 election could prevent the PP and Vox from governing.
Sánchez was due to attend an event in Sabadell but would not go because it coincided with the state funeral for victims of the Urda accident.
The PSC plans daily events in towns across Barcelona’s metropolitan area.
- Election date
- November 29
- Seats at stake in Catalonia
- 48
- PSC seats won in 2023
- 19
- Progressive-majority seats in Catalonia in 2023
- 40
- Planned central campaign event
- Vall d’Hebron sports centre, Barcelona
What people are saying
Catalunya es determinante
movilizar a los indecisos progresistas, los que quieran parar a la derecha y la ultraderecha
Se acabaron los bailes
adecuado el tono por respeto al accidente ferroviario, pero los problemas, las prioridades, siguen siendo las mismas