Poll finds strong rejection of Pedro Sánchez government, with 60% calling its record disastrous, corrupt or fraudulent

The latest Sigma Dos barometer for El Mundo presents a sharply negative picture of Pedro Sánchez’s government, with six in 10 Spaniards rejecting its performance over the past three years. Only 12% described the legislature as good, positive and competent.

The criticism extends directly to Sánchez. Some 62.9% rated the government’s overall performance as bad or very bad, including 25.7% of people who voted for Sánchez’s Socialist Workers’ Party, or PSOE, in the last general election. Respondents gave the prime minister an average score of three out of 10.

The poll found that 30.3% described the government’s record as “disastrous, disastrous and ruinous,” while 14.8% called it “corrupt and criminal.” Another 6.7% used terms including “chaotic, unstable and confusing,” and smaller groups described the record as bad, disappointing, worrying, deceptive, fraudulent or dishonest.

The government’s handling of the crisis in Ceuta also features in the negative assessment. El Mundo reported that the response affected the PSOE’s voting intentions. Corruption ranked as the main challenge faced by the government for 39.3% of respondents and as its harshest criticism for 27.8%. Housing ranked far lower, at 3.8%.

The amnesty law for people convicted over Catalonia’s independence process faced broad opposition, with 59.8% calling it bad or very bad, including 41% of PSOE voters. Overall, 68.8% said Sánchez should resign or call an election. Of those respondents, 45.7% preferred an election and a new candidate, 13.8% favored his resignation and replacement by another PSOE member, and 9.3% wanted him to seek a verdict at the ballot box.