Leadership opinion polling for the 2000 Spanish general election

Main article: Opinion polling for the 2000 Spanish general election

In the run up to the 2000 Spanish general election, various organisations carried out opinion polling to gauge the opinions that voters hold towards political leaders. Results of such polls are displayed in this article. The date range for these opinion polls is from the previous general election, held on 3 March 1996, to the day the next election was held, on 12 March 2000.

Preferred prime minister

The table below lists opinion polling on leader preferences to become prime minister.

Aznar vs. Almunia

Polling firm/Commissioner	Fieldwork date	Sample size			Other/ None/ Not care	?	Lead
			Aznar PP	Almunia PSOE
Vox Pública/El Periódico[1]	28 Feb–1 Mar 2000	2,300	47.3	34.0	6.3	12.4	13.3
Opina/La Vanguardia[2]	24–28 Feb 2000	3,000	40.5	35.4	4.6	19.5	5.1
CIS[3]	11–28 Feb 2000	24,040	43.7	30.5	18.3	7.5	13.2
Vox Pública/El Periódico[4]	5–8 Feb 2000	2,300	50.7	30.0	7.9	11.3	20.7
Opina/La Vanguardia[5]	22–25 Jan 2000	3,000	37.3	32.3	7.6	22.8	5.0
Vox Pública/El Periódico[6]	11–18 Jan 2000	2,300	53.6	29.9	10.1	6.3	23.7
Opina/La Vanguardia[7]	19–22 Nov 1999	3,000	37.0	31.2	9.0	22.8	5.8
Opina/La Vanguardia[8]	23–24 Jan 1998	1,000	35.4	30.1	10.4	24.1	5.3
Opina/La Vanguardia[9]	4–5 Dec 1997	1,000	33.4	32.0	7.4	27.2	1.4
Opina/La Vanguardia[10]	19–21 Sep 1997	1,000	30.0	31.0	11.4	27.6	1.0

Aznar vs. Borrell

Polling firm/Commissioner	Fieldwork date	Sample size			Other/ None/ Not care	?	Lead
			Aznar PP	Borrell PSOE
Opina/La Vanguardia[11]	21–23 Jan 1999	1,000	32.0	33.2	9.9	24.9	1.2
Opina/La Vanguardia[12]	13–14 Nov 1998	1,000	30.8	33.1	9.7	26.4	2.3
Opina/La Vanguardia[13]	13 May 1998	1,000	30.7	38.2	9.1	22.0	7.5
Demoscopia/El País[14]	25 Apr 1998	1,200	30.0	40.0	30.0		10.0

Aznar vs. González

Polling firm/Commissioner	Fieldwork date	Sample size			Other/ None/ Not care	?	Lead
			Aznar PP	González PSOE
Opina/La Vanguardia[8]	23–24 Jan 1998	1,000	35.2	33.5	10.3	21.0	1.7
Opina/La Vanguardia[9]	4–5 Dec 1997	1,000	34.2	34.8	7.5	23.5	0.6
Opina/La Vanguardia[10]	19–21 Sep 1997	1,000	30.9	35.3	11.0	22.8	4.4
Opina/La Vanguardia[15]	14–16 Jun 1997	1,000	30.0	31.0	13.2	25.7	1.0
Opina/La Vanguardia[16]	19–20 May 1997	1,000	29.9	28.3	15.0	26.8	1.6
Opina/La Vanguardia[17]	19–20 Apr 1997	1,000	31.1	31.4	13.3	24.2	0.3
Opina/La Vanguardia[18]	7–8 Mar 1997	1,000	32.2	32.8	13.4	23.6	0.6
Opina/La Vanguardia[19]	3–4 Feb 1997	1,000	29.5	32.0	13.6	24.9	2.5
Opina/La Vanguardia[20]	30 Sep–2 Oct 1996	1,066	26.9	34.3	11.7	27.1	7.4

Predicted prime minister

The table below lists opinion polling on the perceived likelihood for each leader to become prime minister.

Aznar vs. Almunia

Polling firm/Commissioner	Fieldwork date	Sample size			Other/ None/ Not care	?	Lead
			Aznar PP	Almunia PSOE
Opina/La Vanguardia[2]	24–28 Feb 2000	3,000	60.0	16.7	0.3	23.0	43.3
Opina/La Vanguardia[5]	22–25 Jan 2000	3,000	64.3	12.1	1.2	22.4	52.2
Opina/La Vanguardia[7]	19–22 Nov 1999	3,000	64.1	11.8	0.7	23.4	52.3
Opina/La Vanguardia[8]	23–24 Jan 1998	1,000	61.5	12.9	2.4	23.2	48.6
Opina/La Vanguardia[9]	4–5 Dec 1997	1,000	56.8	13.9	2.0	27.3	42.9
Opina/La Vanguardia[10]	19–21 Sep 1997	1,000	46.6	19.4	4.3	29.7	27.2

Aznar vs. Borrell

Polling firm/Commissioner	Fieldwork date	Sample size			Other/ None/ Not care	?	Lead
			Aznar PP	Borrell PSOE
Opina/La Vanguardia[11]	21–23 Jan 1999	1,000	62.8	12.2	2.1	22.9	50.6
Opina/La Vanguardia[12]	13–14 Nov 1998	1,000	55.9	14.6	2.3	27.2	41.3
Opina/La Vanguardia[13]	13 May 1998	1,000	47.5	25.7	2.7	24.1	21.8

Aznar vs. González

Polling firm/Commissioner	Fieldwork date	Sample size			Other/ None/ Not care	?	Lead
			Aznar PP	González PSOE
Opina/La Vanguardia[8]	23–24 Jan 1998	1,000	59.2	19.0	2.4	19.4	40.2
Opina/La Vanguardia[9]	4–5 Dec 1997	1,000	53.6	21.2	2.1	23.1	32.4
Opina/La Vanguardia[10]	19–21 Sep 1997	1,000	45.7	27.9	5.1	21.3	17.8
Opina/La Vanguardia[15]	14–16 Jun 1997	1,000	41.0	25.0	5.6	28.3	16.0
Opina/La Vanguardia[16]	19–20 May 1997	1,000	39.6	27.1	5.4	27.9	12.5
Opina/La Vanguardia[17]	19–20 Apr 1997	1,000	40.5	28.0	4.9	26.7	12.5
Opina/La Vanguardia[18]	7–8 Mar 1997	1,000	38.4	31.8	5.8	24.0	6.6
Opina/La Vanguardia[19]	3–4 Feb 1997	1,000	34.0	33.9	5.7	26.4	0.1
Opina/La Vanguardia[20]	30 Sep–2 Oct 1996	1,066	37.7	27.4	5.1	27.1	10.3

Leader ratings

The table below lists opinion polling on leader ratings, on a 0–10 scale: 0 would stand for a "terrible" rating, whereas 10 would stand for "excellent".

Polling firm/Commissioner	Fieldwork date	Sample size
			Aznar PP	González PSOE	Almunia PSOE	Borrell PSOE	Anguita IU	Frutos IU	Pujol CiU	Arzalluz PNV
Opina/La Vanguardia[21]	24–28 Feb 2000	3,000	5.4	–	5.1	–	–	4.7	–	–
CIS[3]	11–28 Feb 2000	24,040	5.29	–	4.82	–	–	4.11	3.54	1.99
Opina/La Vanguardia[5]	22–25 Jan 2000	3,000	5.5	5.2	5.0	–	–	4.4	4.4	2.4
Opina/La Vanguardia[7]	19–22 Nov 1999	3,000	5.2	4.9	4.7	–	3.8	4.0	4.4	2.7
Opina/La Vanguardia[11]	21–23 Jan 1999	1,000	5.3	5.3	–	4.9	4.6	4.2	4.1	2.5
Opina/La Vanguardia[12]	13–14 Nov 1998	1,000	5.5	5.1	–	5.1	4.3	–	4.2	2.9
Opina/La Vanguardia[13]	13 May 1998	1,000	5.1	5.2	–	5.3	4.4	–	4.4	3.1
Opina/La Vanguardia[22]	23–24 Jan 1998	1,000	5.4	5.2	5.2	–	4.0	–	4.3	3.5
Opina/La Vanguardia[23]	4–5 Dec 1997	1,000	5.3	5.1	5.3	–	3.9	–	4.2	3.1
Opina/La Vanguardia[24]	19–21 Sep 1997	1,000	5.1	5.4	5.3	–	3.6	–	4.0	3.4
Opina/La Vanguardia[15]	14–16 Jun 1997	1,000	5.2	5.1	–	–	4.2	–	4.2	3.5
Opina/La Vanguardia[25]	19–20 May 1997	1,000	5.2	5.0	–	–	4.1	–	4.0	3.2
Opina/La Vanguardia[17]	19–20 Apr 1997	1,000	5.2	5.2	–	–	4.3	–	4.1	3.2
Opina/La Vanguardia[18]	7–8 Mar 1997	1,000	5.4	5.6	–	–	4.7	–	4.5	3.5
Opina/La Vanguardia[19]	3–4 Feb 1997	1,000	4.9	5.0	–	–	4.2	–	4.3	3.3
Opina/La Vanguardia[20]	30 Sep–2 Oct 1996	1,066	5.1	5.5	–	–	4.0	–	4.1	3.6

Approval ratings

The tables below list the public approval ratings of the leaders and leading candidates of the main political parties in Spain.

José María Aznar

Polling firm/Commissioner	Fieldwork date	Sample size	José María Aznar (PP)
			Y	N	?	Net
Gallup[26]	2–27 Sep 1999	2,029	35.0	41.0	24.0	−6.0

Joaquín Almunia

Polling firm/Commissioner	Fieldwork date	Sample size	Joaquín Almunia (PSOE)
			Y	N	?	Net
Gallup[26]	2–27 Sep 1999	2,029	27.0	36.0	37.0	−9.0

Felipe González

Polling firm/Commissioner	Fieldwork date	Sample size	Felipe González (PSOE)
			Y	N	?	Net
Gallup[26]	2–27 Sep 1999	2,029	39.0	33.0	28.0	+6.0

Julio Anguita

Polling firm/Commissioner	Fieldwork date	Sample size	Julio Anguita (IU)
			Y	N	?	Net
Gallup[26]	2–27 Sep 1999	2,029	19.0	51.0	30.0	−32.0