"According to recent polls, almost 40% of Spanish men aged between 18 and 34 say that they plan to vote for Vox, the far-right party. Vox won its first seat in the Spanish parliament in 2019 and now it is surging again. Its recent success is no longer a story of just male voters, either: 20% of young women say they would vote for Vox, with the biggest increase among the youngest voters in that group."
"There are several contributory factors, but two particular crises, badly mishandled by the biggest parties, appear to have drained mainstream support: the deadly floods in Valencia last year and this summer's wildfires in Leon, Zamora, Orense and Extremadura. Spain's quasi-federal system makes it easy to assign blame both to the centre-left governing coalition in Madrid and to the conservative-led regional governments. At the same time, corruption and other scandals have once again tainted both main parties."
Almost 40% of Spanish men aged 18–34 and about 20% of young women now say they plan to vote for Vox. Vox advocates mass expulsion of immigrants, restrictions on abortion, end-of-life and trans rights, dismantling EU institutions, and rejecting climate policies. Older generations tend to back PSOE and PP, with women aged 60+ most resistant to the far right. Catalonia shows broader, cross-generational support for the nationalist far right. Two crises—deadly floods in Valencia and widespread wildfires—combined with corruption scandals and Spain's quasi-federal blame dynamics have eroded mainstream party support, boosting Vox among younger voters.
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