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Do individuals conceal their voting intentions? If so, why? In this article the author attempts to answer both these questions through a case study of declared voting intentions for the two main Spanish political parties in the 1980s. His analysis shows that the distribution of the hidden vote has not remained constant over time. Whereas in the early 1980s conservative voters were more likely not to disclose their vote, later in the decade a number of decisions taken by the Socialist government led some leftwing voters to hide their partisan preferences from pollsters. Tables, Figures, Appendixes, References. [Copyright 2006 Elsevier Ltd.]

Do individuals conceal their voting intentions? If so, why? In this article the author attempts to answer both these questions through a case study of declared voting intentions for the two main Spanish political parties in the 1980s. His analysis shows that the distribution of the hidden vote has not remained constant over time. Whereas in the early 1980s conservative voters were more likely not to disclose their vote, later in the decade a number of decisions taken by the Socialist government led some leftwing voters to hide their partisan preferences from pollsters. Finally, the terrorism in the Basque country is the third motivation of hiding the voting intention. Tables, Graphs, Appendixes, References. Adapted from the source document.

The 2011 general election in Spain had unprecedented results. The Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) got its worst electoral results ever in general elections and the Popular Party (PP) won and obtained its second absolute majority since the establishment of democracy. We sustain that the defeat of PSOE can be considered a more defining feature of the elections than the victory of PP. Minority parties increased their electoral support and three new parties entered Congress. This article analyses the political and economic context that led to these changes with respect to the previous elections of 2008. Adapted from the source document.