A new post-election survey has revealed how hard-right Vox is the most popular party among police officers in Andalucia.
The poll, published by the Centre for Sociological Research (CIS), shows how different professions voted in last month’s regional elections.
According to the poll, the incumbent Partido Popular (PP) was the preferred party among workers across almost every profession.
In contrast, the PSOE failed to come first in any occupational group, while Por Andalucia, Se Acabo la Fiesta and PACMA also failed to top a single category.
The PP recorded some of its strongest support among managers and executives, winning 41.3% of the vote in that group – more than 26 points ahead of Vox in second place. The PSOE attracted just 13%.
Juanma Moreno’s party also comfortably won among pensioners and retirees, with more than 33% backing the PP compared with 26% for the PSOE.
Among people carrying out unpaid domestic work, the PP secured almost 39% of the vote – more than double the PSOE’s 18%.
Even among unemployed voters, the PP came first with 21%, finishing four points ahead of the Socialists.
Farmers back the PP
The survey also suggests the PP remains the dominant force in rural Andalucia.
Almost 35% of farmers voted for Moreno’s party, compared with 20% for the PSOE. Around 18% of farmers chose not to vote at all, while Vox, despite making agriculture a key campaign issue, received just 8% support.
Adelante Andalucia secured 5.6%, while Por Andalucia failed to reach 1%.
Where the PP didn’t win
There were just three professional groups where the PP failed to finish first.
The strongest showing for Vox came among police officers and members of the armed forces, where the hard-right party won more than 34% of the vote, ahead of the PP’s 25%.
Vox also narrowly topped the poll among machine and industrial equipment operators, finishing around one-and-a-half percentage points ahead of the PP.
The final exception was among elementary occupations – lower-skilled jobs requiring few formal qualifications – where Adelante Andalucia came first with 24.1% of the vote.
The PSOE followed with 16%, ahead of Vox on 15%, while the PP finished a distant fourth with just 7.8%.
Students also proved to be one of the most competitive voting groups.
Although the PP narrowly finished first with 21.6%, Adelante Andalucia was close behind on 20.8%, making younger voters one of the few demographics where the race was genuinely tight.
The elections on May 17 saw the PP fall just one seat short of the absolute majority needed to govern.
An investiture vote will be held tomorrow, in which Moreno will seek permission from other parties to form a government.
However, negotiations with kingmakers Vox have so far failed to secure an agreement. If Moreno does not pass the investiture, the region may be forced back to the polls, with a re-vote that would take place in October.
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