The Chairman of the Board of Directors has arrived Tik Tokthe social network in which the youngest voters move and where their main rival, the candidate of the PSOE, Miguel Ángel Gallardo, has already been installed.
“At the moment I’m not dancing, although we’ll see.”Guardiola is joking in his first published video, in which he combines humor and a political message in a more spontaneous form.
The wink is not accidental. The latest pre-election poll conducted by the CIS in Extremadura puts the PP in front with a group of 25 to 29 seatsfollowed by PSOE which, from the current 28, will contract to 19-22.
Vox will consolidate itself as a third force, doubling its results in 2023 with 10-12 MPs. but The important thing here is its acceptance among young voters: It reaches 16% in the age group from 18 to 24 years. It rises to 21.4% between 35 and 44 years old.
In both age groups, Bypass PSOE.
These statements set off alarm bells in Guardiola’s campaign team, convinced that the battle for the youth vote would be key to achieving a virtual absolute majority in the Assembly.
Until now, Gallardo was the only political leader in Extremadura with a personal TikTok account. He created it in 2023 and today it has surpassed 2,170 followers.
In just one week, the CEO has surpassed that mark and already has 9,800 followers on her personal page, with videos exceeding 200,000 views.
From TikTok, Guardiola promised “Be funnier than the press conference.”“The decisions, the curiosities, the things that happen behind the cameras and some jokes. The kind that don’t even offend the opposition,” he recounts.
The movement of PP in this social network was of particular interest. Celebrities were the least present, with the Extremadura PP account barely exceeding 1,600 followers.
Vox, for example, is close to 5,000 with its profile dedicated to Extremadura, where they don’t even feature its leader, Santiago Abascal.
Of course, according to the CIS, Only 60% of those surveyed knew their candidate Oscar Fernandez, Chairman of the Board of Directors.
Punishment for Guardiola
A few days before the start of the electoral campaign in Extremadura, the Central Electoral Council proposed to the District Council of Cáceres to open an electoral center. Sanctions file President Maria Guardiola.
He does so by allegedly violating the basic electoral law, during a visit to the water supply stations in the city of Jairti, in Cáceres.
The Socialist Workers Party denounced the aforementioned visit to the Electoral Council —To which the press was called from the official website of the Junta de Extremadura—And the statements made by Maria Guardiola and subsequently published through the institutional files of the Extremaduran government.
Beyond the information published about the works, the JEC assesses that “it could be so Take advantage of the visit To highlight the “initiatives” implemented by the Government of Extremadura.
Guardiola and the Minister of Agriculture, Livestock and Sustainable Development, Mercedes Moran, announced that they would appeal this decision to the Supreme Court.