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The arrival of September will put an end to the summer's numbness from tomorrow. Spain returns to work with the uncertainty of whether a new political cycle will open and there will be government or if other elections will be held on November 10. All parties say they don't want new elections, but the people who don't really want them are the citizens. They spoke on April 28 and nobody in Congress seems to pay too much attention to them. The Spanish political situation has been indigestible, according to the Sigma Dos survey for EL MUNDO . Up to 93% of respondents do not find other qualifiers to describe it that do not go from gray to black: regular, bad or very bad. Pessimism or realism?

They don't settle for what they see. More than half, 54.9%, prefer that PSOE and United We can reach a government agreement. Preferably the voters of these two parties - 71.7% of those of Pedro Sánchez and up to 95% of those of Pablo Iglesias - but even those of PP (23%) and Citizens (30%). Thus, only 36.9% are inclined to new elections.

The pressure is clearly on Sánchez e Iglesias, the natural alliance that threw the 28-A. They have been blaming each other for weeks since the failure of the July investiture attempt. The possibility of a Coalition Executive was against the wall of negotiations undertaken at the last minute, with little time, and the refusal of Iglesias to accept a social vice-presidency and three ministries. In spite of this, the survey reveals that the Spaniards place almost all the responsibility in the president of the Government in functions.

60.7% think that what Sanchez really wants is that there be new elections. In July, with the breakdown of the first vote, the deadline for the second consecutive elections began to run. Until September 23 there is time for a new investiture. If it does not happen, that day the Courts will be dissolved automatically and on November 10 the polling stations will open again. United We insist on a coalition executive. This same week Iglesias assured that he would now accept what he was offered in July if the employment policies were added. But for Sanchez that proposal has expired and his only offer is now a programmatic pact without purple chairs in the Council of Ministers.

The arguments of his distrust in Iglesias, of the essential differences in matters of state between both parties and of the conviction that Podemos wants to have a government of his own within his Government, do not seem sufficient to exempt him from his task of solving the situation. And they don't convince even the PSOE voters. Among these, there are more who attribute the desire for other elections (44.8%) than those who recognize him (38.6%) who are striving to avoid them.

As for the rest of the parties, the voters undoubtedly endorse the responsibility of Spain having to repeat elections. 42.4% of the interviewees say that it is the PSOE responsible for the formation of the Government. Behind, 19.1% blame the blockade on all parties, 16.6% on Podemos, 7.4% on PP and 5.5% on Citizens.

In June 2016, the electoral repetition barely modified the results of December 2015. The governance and election of Mariano Rajoy rested on the abstention of the PSOE. Now, the survey indicates that 85.5% of Spaniards do not regret what they voted in April. Do not expect big changes.

Only 10.8% believe he was wrong. And at this point the most sincere are citizens' citizens. Up to 21.3% believe they made a mistake with their ballot. A figure far from the percentage of regret shown by voters of other parties: 12.2% of those of the PSOE, 11.3% of those of Vox, 10.5% of those of the PP and only 8, 6% of Podemos.

Pablo Iglesias seems to comfortably weather the situation. He is the one who achieves the most fidelity among his people with 90.6% of those who do not regret it. Immediately after, Santiago Abascal with 88.7%. And that the most recent and hurried analyzes place these two leaders as the worst unemployed if there are other elections. In fact, the poll throws the general conviction that other elections would only benefit PP and PSOE and harm the rest.

But the data suggests that only Albert Rivera substantially loses support. Sánchez remains the best valued leader despite holding him responsible for wanting elections and for the majority of social support for a government agreement with Podemos.

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