Las elecciones generales del 9 de marzo de 2008: la clave estuvo en Cataluña y País Vasco
- Sánchez Medero, Gema
- Sánchez Medero, Rubén
ISSN: 1659-2069
Année de publication: 2009
Número: 7
Pages: 7
Type: Article
D'autres publications dans: Revista de Derecho Electoral
Résumé
In this paper authors analyze the results of elections held on March 9 in Spain in order to find out the key factors that determined the victory of the PSOE, therefore focusing on the analysis of the following variables: Rates of abstention, weight of electoral fiefdoms of the PP and the PSOE, the IU electoral fall and the consequences of the sudden appearance of a new political force in the Spanish political system, UP and D. The importance of these elections resides in the possibility to demonstrate two facts: the transformation that the Spanish political system is experiencing, and the major relevance that some communities acquire amongst others when reaching the national government