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10-N: The maps that tell the story of how Spain voted

Maps showing details of how Spain voted bring a deeper understanding of the election results.

10-N: The maps that tell the story of how Spain voted
This map shows the winning parties in each municipality across Spain. OpenStreetMap/Carto

This map allows you to check how each municipality across Spain voted. The map shows reveals that Vox have gained in the Madrid region, Murcia and pockest across the scarsely populated interior as well as in towns in rural Andalusia.

The Spanish socialist party won the share of the vote in 3,460 municipalities across Spain. The PP won 2,860 while Vox won 278.

In Catalonia, the ERC won 584 Catalan municipalities more than double that of JxCat (the party of the exiled Carles Puigdemont). The more radical CUP, won 50 municipalities.

In the Basque Country the vote was split between two Basque parties, EH Blidu, which won 183 municipalities and the PNV which won 153.

In neighbouring Navarra, Navarra Suma won 106 municpalities and in Teruel, the newly formed ¡Teruel Existe! took the biggest share winning 39 municipalities.

The following maps shows the dramatic change in how Spain voted on November 10th compared to the last election in April and the previous one in June 2016 revealing how Spain has lurched from blue to red and then became more fractured and with the growth of regional parties and of Vox.

The map on the bottom left from 2016 shows that the PP won the most votes in most of the provinces apart from the Basque and Catalan regions and some of Andalusia. Whereas on the right from April shows the red of the PSOE is the dominant colour.  While the one below shows Sunday's vote and how the PP are regaining ground plus the emergence of Vox as the largest party in Murcia. 

2016                                                                                                  April 28th 2019

November 10th, 2019:

The PP has made gains in Galicia, Castille-Leon and Cantabria, while the new Teruel Existe party became the most voted in the Teruel province and Vox took the largest share of the vote in Murcia. 

Maps source: Ministerio Interior

 

Now let's take a look at Murcia where Vox took the lion's share of the votes. 

 

 

 

The following maps published in a tweet by online newspaper El Diario reveal in colour where parties have gained in support and in various shades of grey to black where they have lost votes. It's a black day for Ciudadanos. 

 

El Pais have developed this interactive  map to show exactly how Spain voted, street by street, allowing you to find out how your neighbours voted. 

 

 

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German Greens’ chancellor candidate Baerbock targeted by fake news

With Germany's Green party leading the polls ahead of September's general elections, the ecologists' would-be successor to Angela Merkel has become increasingly targeted by internet trolls and fake news in recent weeks.

German Greens' chancellor candidate Baerbock targeted by fake news
The Greens chancellor candidate Annalena Baerbock on April 26th. Photo: DPA

From wild claims about CO2-emitting cats and dogs to George Soros photo collages, 40-year-old Annalena Baerbock has been the subject of a dizzying array of fake news, conspiracy theories and online attacks since she was announced as the Greens’ chancellor candidate in mid-April.

The latest polls have the Greens either ahead of or level with Merkel’s ruling conservatives, as the once fringe party further establishes itself as a leading electoral force in Europe’s biggest economy.

Baerbock herself also consistently polls higher than her conservative and centre-left rivals in the race to succeed Merkel, who will leave office after 16 years this autumn.

Yet her popularity has also brought about unwanted attention and a glut of fake news stories aimed at discrediting Baerbock as she bids to become Germany’s first Green chancellor.

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False claims

Among the false stories circulating about Baerbock is the bizarre claim that she wants to ban household pets in order to reduce carbon dioxide emissions.

Another fake story firmly denied by the party claimed that she defied rules on mask-wearing and social-distancing by embracing colleagues upon her nomination earlier this month.

Baerbock has also been presented as a “model student” of Hungarian billionaire George Soros – a hate figure for the European far-right and anti-Semitic conspiracy theorists – in a mocked-up social media graphic shared among others by a far-right MP.

More serious online attacks include a purported photo of Baerbock which in fact shows a similar-looking naked model.

The Greens’ campaign manager Michael Kellner said that the attempts to discredit Baerbock had “taken on a new dimension”, that “women are targeted more heavily by online attacks than men, and that is also true of our candidate”.

Greens co-leader Annalena Baerbock earlier this month. Photo: DPA

Other false claims about the party include reports of a proposed ban on barbecues, as well as plans to disarm the police and enforce the teaching of the Quran in schools.

While such reports are patently absurd, they are potentially damaging to Baerbock and her party as they bid to spring a surprise victory in September.

“She has a very real chance, but the coming weeks are going to be very important because Baerbock’s public image is still taking shape,” Thorsten Faas, a political scientist at Berlin’s Free University told AFP.

In a bid to fight back against the flood of false information, the party has launched a new “online fire service” to report fake news stories.

READ ALSO: Greens become ‘most popular political party’ in Germany

Russian disinformation

Yet stemming the tide is no easy job, with many of those who peddle disinformation now using private messaging services such as WhatsApp and Telegram rather than public platforms such as Facebook.

The pandemic and ongoing restrictions on public life will also make it harder for the campaign to push through their own narratives at public events.

Miro Dittrich of Germany’s Amadeu-Antonio anti-racism foundation claims that lockdown has “played a role” in the spread of fake news.

“People are isolated from their social environment and are spending a lot more time online,” he said.

Another factor is Russia, which has made Germany a primary target of its efforts to spread disinformation in Europe.

According to the European anti-disinformation platform EUvsDisinfo, Germany has been the target of 700 Russian disinformation cases since 2015, compared to 300 aimed at France and 170 at Italy.

As an outspoken critic of the controversial Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline between Germany and Russia, Baerbock may well become a target of such attacks during the election campaign.

By Mathieu FOULKES

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