First trial of Sánchez at the polls: "Everything can happen" after "an incredible campaign that stains the PSOE"

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A basketball game in which you reach the last seconds with the two teams tied, with a score between blocks very even. This is how they see in the PSOE and in the Government the municipal and regional elections that are held this Sunday. "Everything will be decided at the last moment"; "He's going to choose one side or the other for very little"; "anything can happen"; "Everything will depend on whether or not the last shot enters," say party and Executive officials consulted by

this diary.

An open stage that also appreciates the

PP

Hence, it is turning to the call for the "useful vote" to concentrate support from

Cs

,

Vox

and disenchanted with the PSOE to have muscle and try to snatch up to six socialist communities, in the best of scenarios of their expectations.

That is also why in recent days, the Socialists have intensified, with

Pedro Sanchez

In the lead, the

Call for mobilization

both of their own, as well as the moderate voter and the undecided. "I ask you to go en masse to vote for the PSOE," launched at the close of the campaign the president of the Government and leader of the PSOE. "We want everyone to vote. The PSOE has never made a demobilizing campaign, "they observe from

, aware that a high participation can play in their favor.

The Socialists currently govern in nine of the 12 communities that vote for the

and in more than twenty provincial capitals. All political capital at stake. The PP has turned the appointment into a "plebiscite" to Sánchez and the action of the Government, with the mantra of "repealing sanchismo", driven by the prominence that the President of the Government has gained in the campaign.

The last few weeks have not been easy for the PSOE. The strategy revolved around a "positive" campaign that was based on a cascade of ads starring Sánchez around three axes:

,

and

. "A campaign of blows of effect that to see what route they have", they say in some territories that have seen how the presence of Sánchez has not been a loudspeaker to their demands by monopolizing their measures the protagonism. The president starred in a sequence of announcements until the last Council of Ministers was held on Tuesday, May 23, before 28-M. They are the possibility of approving measures before the elections, the final stretch of the campaign left

Sánchez orphan of initiatives.

The controversy over the lists of

Bildu

, which included

44 convicted of terrorism

, and scandals over the

Vote buying

, which among other parties splashes the PSOE in different places, have broken the socialist campaign. Although in the Government and in sectors of the party they consider that these issues will not have consequences, there are ministers and socialist leaders who believe that it "stains" the brand. "It's unbelievable what happened. One case, and another and another...", laments a prominent leader. Despite the scaremongering and trickle-down, attempts are made to encapsulate the scandals as "concrete cases".

Feijoo

He has defined the socialist situation as "an electoral mascletá". In the PSOE they do admit that it has been an "atypical" campaign, with "garbage".

"Now there is a party"

In the socialist engine room, despite the fact that Bildu and the purchase of votes have overshadowed their strategy, they show satisfaction with the work done. "We have done the campaign we wanted. We have transferred proposals, project and illusion. We have talked about housing, education and health," they point out from the heart of Ferraz. For example, on Bildu, everyone considers the issue "amortized" after the "tension".

The perception in the PSOE and in the Government is that it has gone from less to more. All the people consulted state that "if a few months ago there was no party, now there is". They see options, although there are fiefdoms like

which is almost considered lost. Within the evenness that everything is, there is more optimism with the

and

. Two fiefdoms that, however, in the PP believe that they will fall on their side. The latest

that handled the Valencian

Ximo Puig

They granted him the opportunity to reissue the

to govern. "In these elections, one thing is to win and another is governability...", they confess in the party, emphasizing that the key is the pacts. The fact that

Can

, according to the polls, is holding up better than expected, also breathes encouragement into the PSOE.

The Socialists consider that the campaign that the PP has made may end up benefiting them: "In front of us we have had a PP that has spoken of E

TA

, and issues that have nothing to do with the day-to-day life of citizens. Sanchismo, 'ETA', 'el Falcon... and 'tralará'", they say in the PSOE.

PSOE

IN 2019...

He won the municipal elections with 29.39%, 6,695,553 votes for a total of 22,341 councilors.

9 GOVERNMENTS.

He won even in Murcia and Madrid. It had an absolute majority in Extremadura and Castilla-La Mancha; expanded hegemony in Asturias and made coalition in Valencia (Compromís and UP), La Rioja (UP), Navarra (Geroa Bai and Podemos), Aragon (PAR, Chunta and Podemos), Balearic Islands (Podemos and Més) and Canary Islands (UP, NC and ASG). In coalition, minority partner of Revilla.

ASPIRE TO...

Retain what is possible, save Seville and assault Barcelona.