CIS - Centro de Investigaciones Sociológicas

• According to the latest monthly CIS barometer, the PSOE occupies the first position in estimated votes with 31.7%, followed by the PP with 30.7%.
• Housing is among the top 3 problems that most personally affect citizens.
• Nearly 40% of respondents say there are significant social inequalities in Spain.
• Pedro Sánchez is the preferred candidate for Prime Minister by 43.5% of those surveyed who give their opinion.

The CIS has conducted its monthly survey, covering the usual questions such as vote estimates, issues affecting Spaniards, social inequalities, and other topics.

The PSOE is the leading force in terms of estimated votes with 31.7% of the votes, the PP would achieve 30.7%, VOX would be the third force with 12.1%, SUMAR would secure 8.8%, and Podemos would obtain 3.6%.

Preferences over leaders

Pedro Sánchez is the preferred candidate for Prime Minister by 27.4% of Spaniards, 13.8% behind Alberto Núñez Feijóo, who is the favorite with 13.6%. Santiago Abascal is the favorite with 6.5%, Yolanda Díaz with 5.8%, and Isabel Díaz Ayuso—who has dropped by two points—with 3.2%.

Among those surveyed, the gaps widen: 43.5% of those surveyed prefer Pedro Sánchez as Prime Minister, a 22-point advantage over Feijóo, whom 21.5% prefer. In third place is Santiago Abascal, with 10.3%, followed by Yolanda Ayuso, with 9.2%, and Isabel Díaz Ayuso, with 5%.

Regarding the level of trust in the main leaders, Pedro Sánchez inspires "a lot or quite a lot" of trust among 30.3% of Spaniards, compared to the opposition leader, Alberto Núñez Feijóo, who inspires "a lot or quite a lot" among 21.9%.

Regarding the leader rating, Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez is the highest rated with a 4.30, followed by Yolanda Díaz with a 4.11, Alberto Núñez Feijóo with a 3.87, and Santiago Abascal with a 2.81.

Social inequalities

49% of respondents say that in Spain there are inequalities in some areas and not in others. 39.4% say there are significant social inequalities, and 8.7% say there are few social inequalities in our country.

Spaniards believe that these inequalities will worsen within 10 years, with 48.6% believing there will be significant social inequalities and 9.9% believing there will be few inequalities. A further 32.7% believe they will exist in some areas, but not in others.

58% believe that within ten years, interpersonal inequalities in income and earnings will be greater in Spain. 52.4% believe that interpersonal inequalities in the level of consumption of goods and services will be greater, as will interregional inequalities (48.5%) and inequalities between people of different ages (37.3%).

Equality of opportunity and identity

83.6% of respondents believe that Spaniards do not have equal opportunities to access housing, 78% believe that in Spain there is no equal opportunity to increase income, and 74.5% believe there is no equal opportunity to get a job.

25.1% say that within 10 years, people will identify with people from their social class, 18% will do so with people of their own age, and 17.7% with people with the same political views.

Housing as a problem

The problems that Spaniards say affect them personally the most are, firstly, the economic crisis and problems of an economic nature (26%), secondly,
healthcare for 23.1% and -newly- housing in third place for 17.1%.

Regarding the main problems in Spain, 23% of respondents cited political issues in general as the main problem, followed by housing (21.2%) and unemployment (19.6%).

Economic situation

The number of people who say their personal financial situation is "very good or good" reaches 65.8%, compared to 22.6% who say it is "bad or very bad" and 10.6% who say it is average. In contrast, when asked about Spain's economic situation, only 32.8% say it is "very good or good" and 58.8% say it is "bad or very bad." A further 6.5% say it is average.

These and other data are collected in the monthly barometer conducted from May 31 to June 6 with 4,011 interviews.

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