Santiago Abascal’s Spanish right-wing party Vox has risen by almost four points in the past month’s polling.
Both the Partido Popular (PP) and the Socialist Workers’ Party (PSOE) have slipped.
Data from the Centre for Sociological Research (CSI) published on April 15 showed Vox with an estimated 15.3 per cent of support in the upcoming Spanish general elections.
A month before, it was at around 11.2 per cent.
While the PSOE has been losing ground, Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez and his party still led in voting intentions, although backing had dropped from 34.5 per cent in mid-March to 32.6 per cent in mid-April.
The PP also declined, from 29.2 per cent to 26.1 per cent.
If the Spanish general election were to be held now, Vox would one of the three main political forces in the country. Spain is set to hold the general elections in August 2027.
The contest on the left of the PSOE was also intensifying, with the gap between coalition members Sumar and Podemos at just over two points in voting estimates. Sumar was on 6.2 per cent while Podemos garnered 4 per cent.
The latest poll was conducted amid rising trade tensions between the US and the European Union, which may have contributed to the surge in support for Vox.
Abascal is closely aligned with Trumpism and the US President.
In March 2025, Abascal hosted a summit of the right-wing European Parliament group Patriots for Europe in Madrid under the slogan “Make Europe Great Again.”
He was also a speaker at the 2025 annual Conservative Political Action Conference attended by Conservative activists and officials from across the US in Washington.
