The morning of May 29 was called to serve to analyze the results of the municipal and regional elections held a day earlier. However, the President of the Government surprised his own and others with the call for general elections on July 23. After the appearance of Pedro Sánchez after meeting with King Felipe VI, a question has flown over the atmosphere: why has the president decided to advance elections that were scheduled for November or December? Why, on a day in which all the headlines place the Popular Party as the winner of the recently overcome electoral appointment? Estefanía Molina and Daniel V. Guisado, both political analysts, explain, in the video that heads this news, the reasons that could have led the PSOE to opt for the electoral advance.
However, the Popular Party yesterday snatched five autonomous communities from the Socialist Party. In the Valencian Community, the Balearic Islands, La Rioja, Aragon and Extremadura, the PP could either govern alone – this is the case of La Rioja – or do so with the support of Vox. In addition, he managed to impose himself on Miguel Ángel Revilla in Cantabria and reinforced his dominance of the Madrid arena, with an absolute majority both in the community and in the City Council. As for the big capitals, Seville and Valencia, two bastions that the Socialists defended tooth and nail, also finally fell into popular sack.
The PP, therefore, has managed to bite a large part of the PSOE's cake in terms of territorial implantation. But what is the strategy that motivates the change of socialist route? How do yesterday's results explain the swing decided in La Moncloa? Molina and Guisado delve into the issue and, between them, add five keys that would explain the intentions of the PSOE and the benefits it hopes to obtain.