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How Isabel Diaz Ayuso of the People's Party overthrew the Socialists and Podemos in the Madrid regional elections

The motto of her election campaign was "communism or freedom". He managed to drag the country's governing duo, the Socialist Prime Minister of Spain Pedro Sanchez and the former leader of the Podemos, the party of the radical Left, Pablo Iglesias, and their deputy prime minister and deputy prime minister into two arenas. The reason for Isabel Diaz Ayuso. The 42-year-old politician of the center-right People's Party of Spain who managed to completely annihilate the Madrid Left, winning more seats in the capital of the Iberian country than the three left-wing opposition parties took together.

The election campaign in the richest region of the country has been the most turbulent in recent decades. Violent clashes in pre-election rallies. Clashes between right-wing and left-wing voters, letters with bullets and death threats to political opponents, and a rhetoric reminiscent of the darkest days of the Spanish Civil War of the 1930s.

The turnout reached an unprecedented 76%, twelve points higher than in the 2019 elections, which, according to political analysts and journalists from the fourth largest economy in the European Union, shows that the "grandchildren" of its protagonists as they characterize the country's politicians may further polarize the already tense political situation.

Although the elections took place in the Madrid region, their result has huge consequences both at national and European level. Madrid is the richest region in Spain and the president of the Regional Council has great power in shaping the country's national policy. With the slogan "Freedom", Diath Agiosso defended her decision to impose very loose restrictive measures during the pandemic, allowing for months in bars, restaurants and almost all businesses to operate almost normally, believing that will help the local economy and the psychology of the Madrilenians, despite the very high rates of virus infections recorded in the area. As a result, several shopkeepers and businessmen stood openly by her side, causing great concern to the Socialists. In another attempt to turn the local elections into a national referendum, Diagh Ayuso compared the national government under Sanchez to that of Venezuela.

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