CEO Survey: The ‘no’ to the independence of Catalonia reaches 53% and exceeds the ‘yes’ by 14 points


  • The study, which also includes questions on a multitude of social and economic issues, was carried out at the end of 2021

The advantage of the ‘no’ to the independence of Catalonia over the ‘yes’ continues to widen. The Center for Opinion Studies (CEO) of the Generalitat has published this Thursday a annual omnibus survey carried out at the end of 2021 that reflects that the 53.3% of the Catalans reject secession while the 38.8% They are in favor of an independent state. The last Govern poll, in January 2021, placed the difference in favor of the ‘no’ at four points.

The field work was carried out with a sample of 1,200 people aged 18 and over and residents of Catalonia interviewed in person between November 17 and December 17, 2021. Asked why it should be Catalonia, 34% of those surveyed defend that be one autonomous community; 30.7% bet on it being a independent state; 19.7%, a state within a federal Spainand 8.4%, a region of Spain.

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In what there is still a large majority is in the right of Catalonia to decide its future in a referendum. 72.6% agree or strongly agree, while only 19% reject this idea. In addition, 48.9% of those surveyed consider that Catalonia has a insufficient level of autonomyby 34.8% who believe they have enough autonomy and 7.8% who think they have too much.

Support for independence reaches 70% in those municipalities of less than 2,000 inhabitantswhile in the cities of more than 150,000 the ‘no’ prevails with 69%. By party, 93% of JxCat voters are in favor of secession, the same as 86% of those who voted for the CUP and 82% of those who supported ERC in the last elections. At the other extreme are the voters of Cs (92% in favor of ‘no’), 91% of those of the PPC and 83% of the voters of the PSC in last year’s elections.


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