BarcelonaIf there were elections tomorrow, the PSC could only hope to maintain its results and even risk losing some seats. This is what the latest Barometer of the Center for Opinion Studies reveals, which gives the socialists a margin of between 39 and 42 seats in the Parliament of Catalonia. Behind would be Junts, which would drop from the 35 it has now to 30-32 deputies. On the other hand, ERC could remain, with 20 deputies, or even increase to 21. However, the party that would benefit most from an electoral call at the moment would be Aliança Catalana: it would go from its current two seats to at 6-7 This is the first Barometer conducted under the baton of the new director of the CEO, Juan Rodríguez Teruel, who has introduced a new estimation formula that reduces the weight of undecided or abstention-prone voters.
In addition, the president of the Generalitat, Salvador Illa, is the political leader with the highest rating (despite the fact that he does not approve either: he has a 4.9) and 59% know who the head of the Catalan executive is when asked , a figure between 20 and 25 points higher than that recorded in recent years. With 18% of support, he is the preferred leader to be president of the Generalitat, followed not far behind by the Junts leader, Carles Puigdemont (11%). close the ranking the former president of ERC and candidate to lead the party, Oriol Junqueras, with 3%.
As the previous Barometer pointed out, support for independence continues unabated: only 40% of respondents are in favor of it (this is the lowest recorded, as the July barometer already recorded), while the percentage of Catalans who those who declare themselves non-independence rise to 54%, the highest in the Barometer.
Housing, the main problem
Housing is already the number one concern of Catalans, according to the survey; it is so among the voters of all the parties except those of Aliança Catalana and those of Vox, who point to immigration. The second thing that most worries Catalans is dissatisfaction with politics, although the data reveal greater optimism in its evolution. The number of those who think that the country is better than a year ago (18%) is the highest since 2016. Those who think that it is the same are 47%, while those who consider that it has gotten worse are 31%
