Spain Today Holds General Elections

Support for the Conservative Party has fallen, while the Socialists, although at best, do not have clear support enough to establish the government. Podemos from the left and Ciudadanos on the right have also lost some of the preference, while the right extreme is marking growth.

The quick climb of the nationalist Vox party is being seen as an earthquake on the country's political scene. Pre-election polls show that nearly 4 out of 10 electors have not yet made up their minds about who they would vote on.

Catalonia's crisis, ranging from the independence referendum to Madrid's central administration, caused a deep rift between the left and right camp; if the polls result in accuracy, none of them can expect to secure the absolute majority. Some local analysts have conviction that the Cataloning issue will be crucial to these votes, rather than the still existing economic crisis.