Notes on the Spanish Election
A strong Unidos Podemos showing in Spain's election today would give hope to radical left forces across the continent.
This month has seen the most important electoral campaign in recent Spanish history, with sweeping implications for the country’s emboldened left.
Last December, Podemos shook up a long-standing political system dominated by the Socialist Party (PSOE) and the conservative Popular Party (PP), getting almost as many votes as the PSOE.
Because the parties could not come to a parliamentary agreement to form a government, new elections had to be called.
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