The last few weeks have not been easy for the PSOE. The PP has turned the appointment into a "plebiscite" to Sánchez.

Controversy over the lists of Bildu, and scandals over the vote buying, have broken the socialist campaign. The Socialists currently govern in nine of the 12 communities that vote for the 28-M. All political capital is at stake in Spain's municipal and regional elections on Sunday, May 28. The latest trackings that the PP believe that they will fall on their side in the latest elections are Valencian trackings.