What left for Barcelona?, by Albert Sáez

From published and banned surveys, it follows that two of the three candidates with the possibility of reaching the mayoralty of Barcelona come from the ideological camp of the left and they represent the political forces that have governed the city since the return of democracy with the only parenthesis of the four years of Xavier Trias, who for years boasted of having been close to the PSUC and of being a social democrat. As Joan Tapia has written, it is most probable that the candidate that is ahead will govern alone, at least until December. So things, disputed undecided voters may end up tipping between today and tomorrow for the useful vote.

Those who want me to continue in front Ada Colau apparently they have an easier time voting for her. The mayoress’s campaign has focused on ensuring that those voters did not see anything other than Trias’s face and the possibility that she will recover the mayor’s staff. With this distraction maneuver, she has tried not to judge what has been done in these four years and especially what has not been done. The useful vote for Colau is intended to be a blank check again.

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Those who do not want Colau to continue and do not care at what price will opt for Xavier Trias, that in this campaign he has not wanted the voters to see anywhere the face of puigdemontwithout which he would neither be a candidate nor would he have the slightest possibility of returning to the mayor’s office because the CiU that he led no longer exists no matter how much they yearn for it.

The polls have apparently eliminated the dilemma between those who might want the left to continue in charge of the city council but that Colau not be mayor. Collboni has won that game against Maragall. But at this crossroads of useful vote between PSC, Esquerra and Comuns is where the final battle is fought. Who of the three is ahead will be able to stand up to Trias for first place or will be able to lead an alternative in case they do not succeed. And here things may depend on a handful of votes that continue to appear in the undecided box in the polls.

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