Resumen de Against Bipartyism, towards dealignment?: The 2014 European Election in Spain

Guillermo Cordero García, José Ramón Montero Gibert

• The 2014 European Parliament (EP) election in Spain took place in a context of deep economic recession and distrust of political institutions. These conditions triggered and unprecedent electoral response through which Podemos, a radical leftist party created shortly before the election, obtained eight per cent of votes and gaines electoral momentum thereafter, seriously threatening the two-party-plus system. Using data from a panel survey, our analyses reveal some unexpected findings. The intensity of protest voting and the timing of the contest within the national electoral cycle have had a major impact on national politics - with the posibility of eventually producing a party-system change.