Spanish elections and politics III / Pedro Sánchez faces a new term as PM

[Peeperkorn]

I went to the polling station. It took me some minutes to find the ballots I was looking for.  Here in the Canary Islands we have four different ballots: Councilors  (white), Canarian Parliament [ two ballots: insular constituency,  sepia; regional constituency, yellow), and Cabildo (insular government,  green)

I voted for the following candidates

Regional premier: Ángel Víctor Torres (PSOE)
Mayor of Las Palmas: Carolina Darias (PSOE)
Chair (president) of the Cabildo: Antonio Morales (NC)

My ontention is voting Sumar (Yolanda Díaz) in the general elections,  but we'll see

Are there many political differences between the islands or do they usually vote in a similar way?

[Peeperkorn]

I've read many times the expression sanchismo in the right-wing media, but what exactly does that mean? How is it different than -for example- zapaterismo?

[Peeperkorn]

Worth noting that a system like that would also greatly increase regional inequality in Spain, as might be expected from a wealthy region not paying any sort of solidarity to the poorer regions. I've seen some studies for both a "Concierto" for Catalonia and one where it just gets generalized to all 17 Spanish regions. In the former scenario, as you may expect, Catalonia is suddenly a lot richer and everyone else a lot poorer. In the latter scenario you get a few more winners (most notably Madrid, I am sure Ayuso is salivating at the chance) and the losers lose even more money.

What do the socialist regional barones say about this? This can be devastating for the PSOE electoral support in the long term.

[Peeperkorn]

Many PSOE historical leaders are starting to oppose any potential amnesty deal with the Catalan separatists:

https://efe.com/cataluna/2023-09-08/crece-la-presion-de-socialistas-historicos-contra-la-ley-de-amnistia-que-pide-puigdemont/

[Peeperkorn]

you are just acting the moderate hero on the issue but the evidence is there that the Spanish judiciary is biased against Catalan nationalists...

I really hope that's the case.

[Peeperkorn]

I'm actually surprised that Spain still has a senate, aren't there any proposals to abolish it? Or is changing the 1978 Constitution considered taboo?