In municipal and regional elections that threaten to be resolved with a photo finish (several of the latest polls published spoke of a difference of one deputy between left and right), the final sprint of the electoral race can be decisive.
The phrase that a greater mobilization favors the left is recurrent, but in 2019 -when the regional and general governments coincided- the left won the first with a 73.3% participation and, that same night, with 74.3% of voters, the right won at the state ballot box. For this reason, as the Compromís strategists commented to La Vanguardia before the central campaign rally, the important thing is not participation, but the mobilization of yours.
The studies do point out that at the beginning of the campaign, the Valencian right seemed to be more mobilized. Various data on the CIS survey support this: the loyalty percentages of the PP (74%) and Vox (65%) were higher than those of the left -Compromís (63.2%), PSPV (62.5 %), and Unides Podem (47.8%)-. Furthermore, 2 out of 10 PSPV voters did not yet know who to vote for.
For this reason, since the beginning of the campaign, the left has tried to reverse these numbers with constant appeals to mobilization. They have even chosen to go back to the past of corruption that blushed the Valencian Community to wake up that sleepy left-wing voter and, on some occasions, disappointed by the Botànic's policies.
They know it in the PSPV that at this end of the campaign they will insist that you have to choose between a government of PP and Vox or the continuity of Ximo Puig (well valued in the polls). The Socialists want voters to value the current administration and oppose it to that of Camps and Zaplana. In addition, they have segmented messages to reach abstentionist groups and penetrate traditionally left-wing neighborhoods that already in 2019 disengaged from the Botànic project. "Our studies improve the results of the surveys, but for this to happen it is necessary that progressive people go to vote," they explain from the PSPV headquarters.
The campaign is not over yet and the left has saved a few darts for this final rush that seems to be decisive. In its edition yesterday, this newspaper reported that 25.5% of the voters of the city of Valencia would decide their vote for the City Council this last week.
Unides Podem, on the knife edge of the electoral barrier (it needs 5% of the votes to maintain its representation in the autonomous Parliament), has left its best weapons for last. The long-awaited support of the Vice President and Minister of Labor, Yolanda Díaz, will materialize today at a rally in Alicante. The final fireworks will be on Friday in Valencia, with the presence of Pablo Iglesias. The former leader of Podemos maintains his pull intact and has been a key piece in the coverage and support of the proposals of the purple candidate Héctor Illueca.
Compromís also agrees on the need for this final effort to tip the balance. They have opted for proximity and smaller acts. "Where before we did one or two, now we do three or four, even if they last half an hour." In this sense, they are very happy with the influx of public to their calls and give as an example the rally held in Torrent which, despite the fact that it was the day after the central act, was attended by around 200 people.
The Valencianistas this week published a video calling for mobilization and have filled some cities with posters, no longer with the face of their candidate, but with specific proposals for their electoral program, an innovative bet. And they promise more surprises.
