In the latest opinion poll, carried out by the Sociological Research Centre, the announcement that Alfredo Pérez Rubalcaba will be running as the Socialist candidate has apparently reduced the gap between the two major parties.
According to the poll, the margin by which the PP of Mariano Rajoy will win the next election is now 7.3 points, down by 3.3 points. If the poll is accurate, and it is always a very big ‘if’ with polls, the PP would have 43.1% of the vote, the PSOE 36%.