The General Election in Spain

A couple weeks ago, Spain had a general election in which they elected a new prime minister. Mariano Rajoy of the more conservative party PP will be the next PM of Spain. I found it interesting how regional the voting in Spain was. I was in Catalunya for the day of the election, and none of the main parties of Spain were voted for over there. They voted for their own parties with Catalan interests. The cover of the newspaper the next day in Catalunya made it very clear (in English, no less) what their voting patterns meant. Kind of refreshing that there are more than just two parties in Spain, actually.

It'll be interesting to see how the shift to the right affects Spain in the future, but I'm guessing it won't be as much as a shift to the right affects America.