# Leadership opinion polling for the 2015 Spanish general election

In the run up to the 2015 Spanish general election, various organisations carried out opinion polling to gauge the opinions that voters held towards political leaders. The results of such polls are displayed in this article. The date range for these opinion polls is from the previous general election, held on 20 November 2011, to the day the next election was held, on 20 December 2015.

## Preferred prime minister

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

### All candidates

| Polling firm/Commissioner | Fieldwork date | Sample size | | | | | | | Other/ None/ Not care | ? | Lead |
| Polling firm/Commissioner | Fieldwork date | Sample size | Rajoy PP | Sánchez PSOE | Garzón IU | Díez UPyD | Rivera C's | Iglesias Podemos | Other/ None/ Not care | ? | Lead |
| NC Report/La Razón | 9–12 Dec 2015 | 3,000 | 21.2 | 17.4 | – | – | 11.7 | 8.4 | 10.3 | 31.0 | 3.8 |
| InvyMark/laSexta | 7–11 Dec 2015 | ? | 23.9 | 21.8 | – | – | 20.7 | 21.9 | – | 11.7 | 2.0 |
| Metroscopia/El País | 7–10 Dec 2015 | 2,800 | 21.0 | 18.0 | – | – | 16.0 | 18.0 | 27.0 | 27.0 | 3.0 |
| GESOP/El Periódico | 23–28 Nov 2015 | 1,816 | 19.6 | 19.6 | 6.7 | – | 19.3 | 14.5 | 11.8 | 8.5 | Tie |
| Metroscopia/El País | 26–28 Oct 2015 | 1,400 | 17.0 | 16.0 | – | – | 22.0 | 14.0 | 8.0 | 23.0 | 5.0 |
| InvyMark/laSexta | 22–26 Jun 2015 | 1,200 | 20.3 | 31.1 | – | – | 12.2 | 20.1 | 3.9 | 12.4 | 10.8 |
| GESOP/El Periódico | 8–13 Apr 2015 | 1,000 | 15.3 | 15.8 | 5.0 | 1.5 | 16.0 | 19.4 | 19.1 | 7.9 | 3.4 |
| InvyMark/laSexta | 2–6 Feb 2015 | 1,200 | 25.9 | 26.0 | – | – | – | 31.2 | – | 16.9 | 5.2 |
| InvyMark/laSexta | 15–19 Dec 2014 | 1,200 | 19.3 | 29.1 | – | – | – | 31.0 | – | 20.6 | 1.9 |
| GESOP/El Periódico | 9–15 Dec 2014 | 1,000 | 15.9 | 13.4 | 4.0 | 5.4 | 3.9 | 25.1 | 20.7 | 11.6 | 9.2 |
| InvyMark/laSexta | 27–31 Oct 2014 | ? | 13.7 | 24.8 | – | – | – | 34.1 | – | 27.4 | 9.3 |

### Rajoy vs. Rubalcaba

| Polling firm/Commissioner | Fieldwork date | Sample size | | | Other/ None/ Not care | ? | Lead |
| Polling firm/Commissioner | Fieldwork date | Sample size | Rajoy PP | Rubalcaba PSOE | Other/ None/ Not care | ? | Lead |
| GESOP/El Periódico | 20–23 Jan 2014 | 1,000 | 24.0 | 31.3 | 42.1 | 2.6 | 7.3 |
| GESOP/El Periódico | 25–28 Nov 2013 | 1,000 | 23.0 | 29.7 | 45.2 | 2.1 | 6.7 |
| Feedback/La Vanguardia | 2–6 Sep 2013 | 1,500 | 26.4 | 35.1 | 37.7 | 0.8 | 8.7 |
| GESOP/El Periódico | 25–28 Jun 2013 | 1,000 | 22.7 | 30.4 | 43.9 | 3.0 | 7.7 |
| GESOP/El Periódico | 25–29 Jan 2013 | 1,000 | 21.6 | 32.7 | 42.3 | 3.4 | 11.1 |
| GESOP/El Periódico | 14–18 Jun 2012 | 1,000 | 30.9 | 36.0 | 30.5 | 2.6 | 5.1 |
| GESOP/El Periódico | 23–28 Feb 2012 | 1,000 | 39.0 | 33.5 | 24.6 | 2.9 | 5.5 |

## Predicted prime minister

The table below lists opinion polling on the perceived likelihood for each leader to become prime minister.
| Polling firm/Commissioner | Fieldwork date | Sample size | | | | | Other/ None/ Not care | ? | Lead |
| Polling firm/Commissioner | Fieldwork date | Sample size | Rajoy PP | Sánchez PSOE | Rivera C's | Iglesias Podemos | Other/ None/ Not care | ? | Lead |
| NC Report/La Razón | 9–12 Dec 2015 | 3,000 | 45.8 | 16.8 | 7.8 | 6.3 | 10.3 | 13.0 | 29.0 |
| InvyMark/laSexta | 22–26 Jun 2015 | 1,200 | 30.6 | 38.6 | 8.7 | 4.1 | 0.5 | 17.5 | 8.0 |
| InvyMark/laSexta | 2–6 Feb 2015 | 1,200 | 41.6 | 17.4 | – | 23.3 | – | 17.7 | 18.3 |
| InvyMark/laSexta | 15–19 Dec 2014 | 1,200 | 29.5 | 32.7 | – | 23.8 | – | 14.0 | 3.2 |
| InvyMark/laSexta | 1–5 Dec 2014 | ? | 21.2 | 28.6 | – | 19.1 | – | 31.1 | 7.4 |
| InvyMark/laSexta | 27–31 Oct 2014 | ? | 22.8 | 24.7 | – | 21.8 | – | 30.7 | 1.9 |