In contrast to other EU countries, in Spain the support for the far-right party Vox has declined over the last 3 years, and has halved from its peak of 20% in March 2022 to just 11% currently

3 years ago by Blaze to c/europe

Source: https://www.politico.eu/...

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astreus 40 points 3 years ago

As an immigrant living in Spain: Vox make election day terrifying. I just don't leave the house (immigrants can't vote in Spain).

I'm not a small guy, ex-competitve weight lifter and 6'2, but those people are nuts and it isn't worth the risk.

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fossphi 5 points 3 years ago

Holy crap, is it that bad? Do they harass people who don't fit their version of "Spanish"?

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astreus 11 points 3 years ago

I mean...I'm about half a foot taller than anyone else around and hope my physique does my Saxon ancestor's proud. It's not hard to tell I don't come from Spain! I speak Castilian, but my accent is not great and very limited Catalonian so if I open my mouth it's worse.

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Infiltrated_ad8271 -1 points 3 years ago

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dumpsterlid 4 points 3 years ago

Very scary.

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Infiltrated_ad8271 -5 points 3 years ago

What exactly is it that terrifies you? What kind of weird fascist ghetto do you live in?

The vox people are so stigmatized and despised that their members on public propaganda racks are constantly recording themselves (and victimizing on the internet) because they are regularly harassed and sometimes even assaulted.

In fact, on voting day and the day before, political campaigning, advertising or lobbying of any kind is prohibited, especially near polling stations. There is also much more security. You would be better off going to one with a lgtb flag than with a vox flag, like the rest of the time.

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astreus 24 points 3 years ago

I live in north Barcelona (don't want to say exactly where as I'm one of like...a dozen immigrants in the district) but last election got:

Spat at repeatedly
Had someone scream "Muerte de turistas" in my face (as well as others just shouting it as they went through the streets)
Had to console a poor British lass, no more than 18, after someone punched her in the face

Nearly all of the perpetrators were wearing bright green.

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