Optimism in Sumar after the last debate: "We have activated a state of mind"

The hangover of the three-way debate has been especially pleasant in Sumar. A large majority of the media and analysts agree in pointing to Yolanda Díaz as the winner of the event and in her candidacy, beyond sharing that assessment -as seems logical-, they feel that they have injected a “very positive” shot of energy to face the final sprint. “We believe that we have activated a state of mind in the progressive voter to mobilize the undecided,” say sources from the Sumar campaign team.

In the candidacy engine room, they recognize that the debate meant for Díaz “the H hour” of this campaign, that is, the “most important” moment he had to be able to address progressive voters and, especially, those who are undecided or disaffected.. Especially after the vacuum generated by Pedro Sánchez's bad debate against Alberto Núñez Feijóo.

There is relief with the result. The sources consulted highlight that beyond winning the debate or not, they are “very happy” because the objective of giving “enthusiasm and a reason to those who might doubt to mobilize and make the effort to go vote” on Sunday in the schools under the heat has been met.. It was possible to send, they emphasize from Sumar, a “clear, constructive and positive” message that helped to expose a program and raise spirits.

For a week now, Sumar has been obsessed with the issue of mobilizing progressive voters. Its internal studies detected that after the two-way debate between Sánchez and Feijóo, pessimism had been generated in a part of the PSOE electorate. That is why Díaz picked up that moral leadership on the left and adopted a much tougher profile in the electoral campaign with stronger attacks on the PP, to connect with those disaffected. It is the Díaz of the outright accusations against Feijóo for his “friendship” with the drug trafficker Marcial Dorado and the one with the warnings that if the right wins it will cause a “recession” and new “cuts” in Spain.

On whether Díaz managed to effectively differentiate himself from Sánchez, to not only mobilize but also get votes for the removal of Sumar, in the candidacy they consider that he achieved it despite the complicity with which they called each other “Pedro” and “Yolanda” during the debate, which was spontaneous, they say, but that drew a lot of attention. From Sumar it is justified that it only shows that behind there is a “good relationship” between the two and that it does not overshadow his candidate. «Beyond familiarity, it is a success that some of the measures that cost the most to get are the main flags that Sánchez brandishes each voter. This is something positive and promising for the future because it shows that the one who has the horizon is Yolanda Díaz”, points out a prominent member of the Sumar campaign team.

“Push and Go”

In this sense, these sources argue that the debate served to “prefigure” that there is a government coalition that has “differences”, and that while the PSOE represents a “continuist” and “defender of what exists” option, Sumar embodies “a soul more determined to push and move forward”. Thus, it is emphasized that this left the image of “a very powerful synergy, which is what the progressive voter asks for”. And what would help him to mobilize.

“Every day that passes there is an increasingly clear perception that Sumar is the decisive actor,” remarks Díaz's team, which attributes to Sumar that the left reaches the final stretch with an “inertia and strength” that it did not have before.. This progression will be measured specifically in the case of the left in the duel for third place with Vox, which seems to be key in many medium-sized provinces, where the way to cut back on the right is precisely to defeat Abascal's party in the fight to win that last seat.

With a boost of morale after the three-way duel, Díaz went to Catalonia yesterday to hold a double of rallies in Girona, where a seat is at stake, and Barcelona, where it is necessary to raise the spirits of the space after the painful blow suffered by the common people with the loss of the Barcelona Mayor's Office. “We are going to win the elections on July 23 just like Sumar won the debate yesterday,” the candidate proclaimed.. “Because we have shown that we are the calm force that speaks to the people, because we do not settle and we want to win more rights”. Díaz affirmed that Feijóo has had a “very bad week” and that the PP is “nervous”. «They thought they were going to sweep the elections but things are going very badly for them. That is why yesterday he did not want to go to the debate, because we were going to see live who Feijóo is, “he said.