Voting by mail increases and fuels fears of demobilization

Alarms have been raised in the Andalusian PP because of the heat wave currently sweeping the country. Maximum temperatures in the south are 43 degrees. This is to warn that potential voters may relax and take advantage of the sun and beach, rather than come on Sunday to vote. Alarms have been raised at the central headquarters in San Fernando street, Seville. The number of applications to vote by mail has doubled since the 2018 regional elections.

Today, there have been 176,598 applications to exercise the right to vote. This is 98% more than it was three and a quarter years ago. There are many Sundays that you can go to the beach. Summer is long. Juanma Moreno (Andalusian president, PP candidate) said Saturday that there is one person who can consolidate a historic shift in Andalusia. She is aware that abstention is her greatest enemy towards a government.

Only 58.6% of Andalusian citizens were eligible to vote in the last election. This participation level was more than five times lower than the 2015 record (63.9%), which rose three points relative to the 2012 call (60.7%).

The PP is not alone haunted by the spectre of abstention. Socialists called for mobilization during the campaign to avoid a repeat 2018 disaster. In 2018, 400,000 voters abstained, and Susana Diaz was elected to the historic floor at 33 seats.

Ferraz is an example of a people who resist pessimism. They believe that with a high turnout, they can win the elections. This despite the fact no poll has predicted that outcome. The PSOE received 25.2% of votes in the CIS's last poll, which was published at the gates to the contest. It also took between 32 and 36 seats. According to the demoscopic institute, the fork of the survey that was published Monday shows that the campaign did not succeed in removing its voters from abstention.