Leadership opinion polling for the 2000 Spanish general election

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In the run up to the 2000 Spanish general election, various organisations carried out opinion polling to gauge the opinions that voters hold towards political leaders. Results of such polls are displayed in this article. The date range for these opinion polls is from the previous general election, held on 3 March 1996, to the day the next election was held, on 12 March 2000.

Preferred prime minister

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The table below lists opinion polling on leader preferences to become prime minister.

Aznar vs. Almunia

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Polling firm/Commissioner Fieldwork date Sample size Other/
None/
Not
care
Question? Lead
Aznar
PP
Almunia
PSOE
Vox Pública/El Periódico[1] 28 Feb–1 Mar 2000 2,300 47.3 34.0 6.3 12.4 13.3
Opina/La Vanguardia[2] 24–28 Feb 2000 3,000 40.5 35.4 4.6 19.5 5.1
CIS[3] 11–28 Feb 2000 24,040 43.7 30.5 18.3 7.5 13.2
Vox Pública/El Periódico[4] 5–8 Feb 2000 2,300 50.7 30.0 7.9 11.3 20.7
Opina/La Vanguardia[5] 22–25 Jan 2000 3,000 37.3 32.3 7.6 22.8 5.0
Vox Pública/El Periódico[6] 11–18 Jan 2000 2,300 53.6 29.9 10.1 6.3 23.7
Opina/La Vanguardia[7] 19–22 Nov 1999 3,000 37.0 31.2 9.0 22.8 5.8
Opina/La Vanguardia[8] 23–24 Jan 1998 1,000 35.4 30.1 10.4 24.1 5.3
Opina/La Vanguardia[9] 4–5 Dec 1997 1,000 33.4 32.0 7.4 27.2 1.4
Opina/La Vanguardia[10] 19–21 Sep 1997 1,000 30.0 31.0 11.4 27.6 1.0

Aznar vs. Borrell

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Polling firm/Commissioner Fieldwork date Sample size Other/
None/
Not
care
Question? Lead
Aznar
PP
Borrell
PSOE
Opina/La Vanguardia[11] 21–23 Jan 1999 1,000 32.0 33.2 9.9 24.9 1.2
Opina/La Vanguardia[12] 13–14 Nov 1998 1,000 30.8 33.1 9.7 26.4 2.3
Opina/La Vanguardia[13] 13 May 1998 1,000 30.7 38.2 9.1 22.0 7.5
Demoscopia/El País[14] 25 Apr 1998 1,200 30.0 40.0 30.0 10.0

Aznar vs. González

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Polling firm/Commissioner Fieldwork date Sample size Other/
None/
Not
care
Question? Lead
Aznar
PP
González
PSOE
Opina/La Vanguardia[8] 23–24 Jan 1998 1,000 35.2 33.5 10.3 21.0 1.7
Opina/La Vanguardia[9] 4–5 Dec 1997 1,000 34.2 34.8 7.5 23.5 0.6
Opina/La Vanguardia[10] 19–21 Sep 1997 1,000 30.9 35.3 11.0 22.8 4.4
Opina/La Vanguardia[15] 14–16 Jun 1997 1,000 30.0 31.0 13.2 25.7 1.0
Opina/La Vanguardia[16] 19–20 May 1997 1,000 29.9 28.3 15.0 26.8 1.6
Opina/La Vanguardia[17] 19–20 Apr 1997 1,000 31.1 31.4 13.3 24.2 0.3
Opina/La Vanguardia[18] 7–8 Mar 1997 1,000 32.2 32.8 13.4 23.6 0.6
Opina/La Vanguardia[19] 3–4 Feb 1997 1,000 29.5 32.0 13.6 24.9 2.5
Opina/La Vanguardia[20] 30 Sep–2 Oct 1996 1,066 26.9 34.3 11.7 27.1 7.4

Predicted prime minister

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The table below lists opinion polling on the perceived likelihood for each leader to become prime minister.

Aznar vs. Almunia

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Polling firm/Commissioner Fieldwork date Sample size Other/
None/
Not
care
Question? Lead
Aznar
PP
Almunia
PSOE
Opina/La Vanguardia[2] 24–28 Feb 2000 3,000 60.0 16.7 0.3 23.0 43.3
Opina/La Vanguardia[5] 22–25 Jan 2000 3,000 64.3 12.1 1.2 22.4 52.2
Opina/La Vanguardia[7] 19–22 Nov 1999 3,000 64.1 11.8 0.7 23.4 52.3
Opina/La Vanguardia[8] 23–24 Jan 1998 1,000 61.5 12.9 2.4 23.2 48.6
Opina/La Vanguardia[9] 4–5 Dec 1997 1,000 56.8 13.9 2.0 27.3 42.9
Opina/La Vanguardia[10] 19–21 Sep 1997 1,000 46.6 19.4 4.3 29.7 27.2

Aznar vs. Borrell

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Polling firm/Commissioner Fieldwork date Sample size Other/
None/
Not
care
Question? Lead
Aznar
PP
Borrell
PSOE
Opina/La Vanguardia[11] 21–23 Jan 1999 1,000 62.8 12.2 2.1 22.9 50.6
Opina/La Vanguardia[12] 13–14 Nov 1998 1,000 55.9 14.6 2.3 27.2 41.3
Opina/La Vanguardia[13] 13 May 1998 1,000 47.5 25.7 2.7 24.1 21.8

Aznar vs. González

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Polling firm/Commissioner Fieldwork date Sample size Other/
None/
Not
care
Question? Lead
Aznar
PP
González
PSOE
Opina/La Vanguardia[8] 23–24 Jan 1998 1,000 59.2 19.0 2.4 19.4 40.2
Opina/La Vanguardia[9] 4–5 Dec 1997 1,000 53.6 21.2 2.1 23.1 32.4
Opina/La Vanguardia[10] 19–21 Sep 1997 1,000 45.7 27.9 5.1 21.3 17.8
Opina/La Vanguardia[15] 14–16 Jun 1997 1,000 41.0 25.0 5.6 28.3 16.0
Opina/La Vanguardia[16] 19–20 May 1997 1,000 39.6 27.1 5.4 27.9 12.5
Opina/La Vanguardia[17] 19–20 Apr 1997 1,000 40.5 28.0 4.9 26.7 12.5
Opina/La Vanguardia[18] 7–8 Mar 1997 1,000 38.4 31.8 5.8 24.0 6.6
Opina/La Vanguardia[19] 3–4 Feb 1997 1,000 34.0 33.9 5.7 26.4 0.1
Opina/La Vanguardia[20] 30 Sep–2 Oct 1996 1,066 37.7 27.4 5.1 27.1 10.3

Leader ratings

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The table below lists opinion polling on leader ratings, on a 0–10 scale: 0 would stand for a "terrible" rating, whereas 10 would stand for "excellent".

Polling firm/Commissioner Fieldwork date Sample size
Aznar
PP
González
PSOE
Almunia
PSOE
Borrell
PSOE
Anguita
IU
Frutos
IU
Pujol
CiU
Arzalluz
PNV
Opina/La Vanguardia[21] 24–28 Feb 2000 3,000 5.4 5.1 4.7
CIS[3] 11–28 Feb 2000 24,040 5.29 4.82 4.11 3.54 1.99
Opina/La Vanguardia[5] 22–25 Jan 2000 3,000 5.5 5.2 5.0 4.4 4.4 2.4
Opina/La Vanguardia[7] 19–22 Nov 1999 3,000 5.2 4.9 4.7 3.8 4.0 4.4 2.7
Opina/La Vanguardia[11] 21–23 Jan 1999 1,000 5.3 5.3 4.9 4.6 4.2 4.1 2.5
Opina/La Vanguardia[12] 13–14 Nov 1998 1,000 5.5 5.1 5.1 4.3 4.2 2.9
Opina/La Vanguardia[13] 13 May 1998 1,000 5.1 5.2 5.3 4.4 4.4 3.1
Opina/La Vanguardia[22] 23–24 Jan 1998 1,000 5.4 5.2 5.2 4.0 4.3 3.5
Opina/La Vanguardia[23] 4–5 Dec 1997 1,000 5.3 5.1 5.3 3.9 4.2 3.1
Opina/La Vanguardia[24] 19–21 Sep 1997 1,000 5.1 5.4 5.3 3.6 4.0 3.4
Opina/La Vanguardia[15] 14–16 Jun 1997 1,000 5.2 5.1 4.2 4.2 3.5
Opina/La Vanguardia[25] 19–20 May 1997 1,000 5.2 5.0 4.1 4.0 3.2
Opina/La Vanguardia[17] 19–20 Apr 1997 1,000 5.2 5.2 4.3 4.1 3.2
Opina/La Vanguardia[18] 7–8 Mar 1997 1,000 5.4 5.6 4.7 4.5 3.5
Opina/La Vanguardia[19] 3–4 Feb 1997 1,000 4.9 5.0 4.2 4.3 3.3
Opina/La Vanguardia[20] 30 Sep–2 Oct 1996 1,066 5.1 5.5 4.0 4.1 3.6

Approval ratings

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The tables below list the public approval ratings of the leaders and leading candidates of the main political parties in Spain.

José María Aznar

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Joaquín Almunia

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Felipe González

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Julio Anguita

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References

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  1. ^ "Duelo Aznar-Almunia". El Periódico de Catalunya (in Spanish). 6 March 2000.
  2. ^ a b "El PSOE mejora sus expectativas aunque el PP sigue como favorito". La Vanguardia (in Spanish). 5 March 2000.
  3. ^ a b "Preelectoral elecciones generales y autonómicas de Andalucía, 2000 (Estudio nº 2382. Febrero 2000)" (PDF). CIS (in Spanish). 3 March 2000.
  4. ^ "Aznar sigue siendo el preferido como presidente". El Periódico de Catalunya (in Spanish). 12 February 2000.
  5. ^ a b c "El 64% de los españoles da por hecho que Aznar volverá a ganar". La Vanguardia (in Spanish). 30 January 2000.
  6. ^ "Cara a cara". El Periódico de Catalunya (in Spanish). 23 January 2000.
  7. ^ a b c "El electorado prefiere ahora un triunfo del PP". La Vanguardia (in Spanish). 28 November 1999.
  8. ^ a b c d "Las expectativas de una victoria del PSOE se hunden". La Vanguardia (in Spanish). 1 February 1998.
  9. ^ a b c d "Aznar vuelve a colocarse como el líder más valorado". La Vanguardia (in Spanish). 14 December 1997.
  10. ^ a b c d "Almunia irrumpe como una seria amenaza a Aznar". La Vanguardia (in Spanish). 28 September 1997.
  11. ^ a b c "Las expectativas de Borrell caen y Aznar resiste". La Vanguardia (in Spanish). 31 January 1999.
  12. ^ a b c "La confianza en Aznar bate a un Borrell preferido". La Vanguardia (in Spanish). 22 November 1998.
  13. ^ a b c "IU aún pierde un tercio de votos y NI se hunde". La Vanguardia (in Spanish). 17 May 1998.
  14. ^ "Borrell aventajaría a Aznar por 10 puntos". El País (in Spanish). 26 April 2000.
  15. ^ a b c "El PP consolida su ligera ventaja". La Vanguardia (in Spanish). 22 June 1997.
  16. ^ a b "El PP recupera la posición del 3-M". La Vanguardia (in Spanish). 25 May 1997.
  17. ^ a b c "El PSOE acentúa su precaria ventaja". La Vanguardia (in Spanish). 27 April 1997.
  18. ^ a b c "El PSOE vuelve a ponerse por delante". La Vanguardia (in Spanish). 16 March 1997.
  19. ^ a b c "El PP recupera el voto del 3 de marzo". La Vanguardia (in Spanish). 9 February 1997.
  20. ^ a b c "Ligera ventaja del PSOE sobre el PP". La Vanguardia (in Spanish). 6 October 1996.
  21. ^ "Aznar acaricia la "mayoría suficiente"". La Vanguardia (in Spanish). 5 March 2000.
  22. ^ "El PP amplía su ventaja sobre el PSOE". La Vanguardia (in Spanish). 1 February 1998.
  23. ^ "El PSOE retrocede e IU se desploma". La Vanguardia (in Spanish). 14 December 1997.
  24. ^ "El PSOE recorta distancias con el PP". La Vanguardia (in Spanish). 28 September 1997.
  25. ^ "Aznar obtiene por primera vez mejor nota que González". La Vanguardia (in Spanish). 25 May 1997.
  26. ^ a b c d "Intención de voto y valoración de líderes. Septiembre 1999". Gallup España (in Spanish). 27 September 1999. Archived from the original on 1999-11-04.

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