"Politicians only pay attention to the people when the elections come". This phrase, which has already become a cliché, is once again topical in view of the upcoming municipal elections on May 28. Just with two months to go before the polls, La Vanguardia launches the participation campaign Tu opinion has a macro survey aimed at its readers that analyzes and examines not only the main problems of Barcelona residents, expressed periodically in the municipal barometer, but also which future city model they prefer.
But, in order to draw up the questionnaire for this large survey, La Vanguardia has not only felt the current moment, at the gates of the elections, but has scrutinized the most recurring problems and approaches expressed in the reader's letters published by the newspaper during the last four years Because, for La Vanguardia, the opinion of its readers always counts, not only when the elections come.
In this way, making an effort to synthesize, it was possible to summarize in 15 questions not only the main problems expressed by the people of Barcelona on topics such as mobility, housing, security, tourism or cleaning, but also the questions that will define the city model of the next four years, such as the urban planning of the super-blocks, the possible expansion or not of the Barcelona-el Prat airport, the joining of the trams along Avinguda Diagonal or the implementation or not of an urban toll.
The survey is designed so that, in less than a minute, readers can provide their opinion on all these issues that will shape the future of the city.
To be able to participate, the questionnaire is already available on the La Vanguardia website, where you can also vote on another form that allows you to find out which candidate to vote for in the Barcelona mayoral elections according to the program of each party and the affinities of the reader
The Tu opinión cuenta participation campaign will be active until the day of the next municipal elections, but during the electoral campaign La Vanguardia will send all the candidates a preliminary summary with the first results, which will also be published in the newspaper.
In this way, with the help of readers' opinions, it will be possible to have an X-ray not only of the current state of Barcelona, but of where the city should be headed in the immediate future.
In short, with the Tu opinión cuenta participation initiative, the newspaper La Vanguardia wants to know how readers would improve the city of Barcelona, what their main proposals are and how they can be carried out.
After having analyzed the reader's letters from the last four years, the survey incorporates topics such as whether it is necessary to make the city safer for women, whether or not there is an excess of speed cameras, whether it is necessary to regulate the circulation of scooters and bicycles, what is the best formula to reduce social inequalities, if Barcelona is too expensive to live there, how to deal with the issue of rent prices, if the cultural offer needs to be improved, what measures need to be implemented to deal with the resulting problems of pollution or what is the best tourism model for the city.
The Tu opinión cuenta participation campaign will also take place in Madrid and Valencia, where Madrid and Valencians will be able to contribute their points of view on the problems they have and the city model they want.
