Spanish General Election 2019

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Spanish General Election 2019

Spain heads to the polls for the 3rd time in four years amid a hung parliament

• PM Pedro Sanchez (Socialist Party) leading the polls
• Popular Party (Equivalent to Tories) expecting its worst ever result
• New right-wing party VOX is expected to make significant gains making history
• Spain's parliamentary system, usually two-party, is now split between 5 main parties

Spain's 37 million voters are casting their ballots in the country's general election on Sunday.

Ahead of the poll, some surveys suggested 40% of the voters were still undecided.https://t.co/edu3IktBon

— DW News (@dwnews) April 28, 2019

⚔🇪🇸 ¡Qué comience la batalla! #PorEspaña pic.twitter.com/TVgdcP1Kw5

— VOX 🇪🇸 (@vox_es) April 28, 2019

💪🇪🇸 pic.twitter.com/WGWOlA8Y2R

— VOX 🇪🇸 (@vox_es) April 26, 2019

All eyes on VOX this election, obviously I am hoping they do well and pick up some seats. I never checked to see if I can apply to vote here, but wouldn't vote anyway as I don't believe in foreigners being allowed to vote in other people's countries. Most of my students though all said if they were old enough to vote, they'd vote VOX which suggests their parents will.

If VOX do well in these elections, it'll likely give them momentum heading into the European Elections. Italy's Matteo Salvini (currently in control of the Italian government) tweeted good luck to them today, so you can see a potential new force building in the EU.

Thoughts?