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The Spanish territorial agendas: A thematic analysis of the debates in the regional elections of the year 2019

Abstract:

Introduction: This research thematically analyzes the televised electoral debates held in the different Autonomous Communities of Spain that held elections in 2019. Methodology: Coding and aggregation through a score of the topics expressed by each candidate, determined by the structure of the debate on each television. Table presentation and application of Spearman's correlation coefficient to measure correlation levels. Results: The chronic issues (economic policy, public services, and employment) occupy the first positions in rank in most of the Autonomous Communities, adding the one of “Ideology and campaign”, typical of electoral contexts. Discussion and conclusions: The presence of nationalist or regionalist political parties in the government tends to generate shared problems between their respective territories.