Abascal urges mass turnout ahead of Spain's 29 November election

A rally in Guadalajara

Santiago Abascal, leader of Vox and the party's candidate for the presidency of the government, addressed a rally at the Pedro Díaz Auditorium in Guadalajara on 7 November 2026. The Local Police estimated the crowd at about 2,500 people. Abascal described the past eight years as a very dark period that history will judge harshly, and he called for mass mobilization of voters to restore hope among Spaniards. He promised young people decent wages, housing and a future in Spain without emigrating, and made a similar pledge to older people, whom he said his rivals were misleading by claiming Vox would take away pensions. He called that claim dirty and disgusting while offering what he described as a deep but calm change.

Opening his speech, Abascal said:

“We have reasons for hope.”

Turnout and the risk of complacency

Abascal asked supporters to persuade people close to them who might stay home or believe all parties are the same. He said Vox had already forced the PP to accept parts of its agenda, such as national priority in some regions, and claimed the party could have done more with a stronger mandate. He warned his own supporters not to take victory for granted, pointing to demobilization and to what he said Pedro Sánchez might come up with in the coming days. He said the party has already experienced this kind of overconfidence, naming the polls and demobilization as its main dangers:

“That has already happened to us. Our worst enemy, the polls. Our worst enemy, demobilization.”

Remigration at the centre of the campaign

Isabel Pérez Moñino, Vox's national spokesperson for Agenda España, spoke at a press conference during a visit to Palma-Palmilla in Málaga on 7 November. She argued that permissive border policies had turned many neighbourhoods into a multicultural dumping ground, leaving working residents exposed to insecurity, crime and fear. She described remigration as a central axis of the party's campaign and said Vox would not hesitate on immigration. Among the measures she defended were the expulsion of people who enter Spain illegally and the deportation of foreigners who commit serious crimes, even when they hold valid documents, or who reoffend with minor offences. She said the party's support is growing:

“Many Spaniards approach us all over Spain, Spaniards who perhaps have never voted or who voted for other parties, and tell us they will back Vox on 29 November.”

Polls and the 2023 baseline

A GAD3 barometer commissioned for ABC gives PP 133 seats and Vox 65, with the two parties together reaching an absolute majority. Vox won 33 seats at the 2023 general election, and most polls double that figure. Eduardo Bayón, a political communication consultant, places the turning point in summer 2024, when PP and Vox broke their coalitions in the regional governments of Extremadura, Aragón, Castilla y León and the Valencian Community. He said that split produced a rebound effect and that Vox leads among former abstainers and first-time voters, with voting intention at 19 or 20 percent. In his description, the new Vox voter comes from abstention, from the PP ballot of 2023 or from first-time voting.

PP, GAD3 poll for ABC133

Vox, GAD3 poll for ABC65

Vox, 2023 general election33

PP, GAD3 poll for ABC

133 seats

Vox, GAD3 poll for ABC

65 seats

Vox, 2023 general election

33 seats

Data from the article text

Interview with Prensa Ibérica

In an interview published on 8 November, Abascal said that before any agreement Vox would need to see the numbers, and he questioned whether Feijóo wanted a deal with Vox. He described the regional financing system as unfair and unequal, and accused the government of wanting to turn the Canary Islands into a new Lampedusa. On farming, he called for an end to over-regulation and a tax burden that he said pushes landowners to sell to solar projects. He said the polls point clearly in one direction, but that he is not confident, recalling that polls in 2023 indicated a change that did not happen.