Over 21% of Spaniards think the Franco years were good or very good,' survey shows

"More than 21% of the Spanish population considers the years of Francisco Franco's dictatorship (1939-1975) to have been good or very good, according to the latest CIS poll, compared to 65.5% of the population who says they were bad or very bad. Disapproval of the dictatorship is four percentage points higher among women, who needed a man's supervision to do things like open a bank account under Franco."

"By political sympathies, within the mainstream conservatives of the Popular Party (PP), a majority (35.4%) believes the years of the dictatorship were good, which is 4.5 percentage points more than those who believe they were bad. Among voters of the far-right Vox whose leader Santiago Abascal has stated in Congress that Spain's current leftist administration is worse than the Franco dictatorship the percentage of those who believe those years were good rises to 42%."

"By age, almost 20% of young people between 18 and 24 years old, who did not personally live through the dictatorship, believe it was good or very good. These percentages vary according to age: 15.9% in the 25-to-34 bracket view Francoism positively; so do 18.5% of those aged 35 to 44; 20.6% among those aged 45 to 54; 24.5% in the 55-to-64 group;"

A CIS poll finds 21% of Spaniards rate Francisco Franco's 1939–1975 dictatorship as good or very good, while 65.5% rate it bad or very bad. Women show four percentage points higher disapproval, reflecting gendered restrictions under Franco. The 50th anniversary of Franco's death prompted government events marking democratic transformation. Political affiliation strongly shapes perceptions: 35.4% of Popular Party supporters view the dictatorship positively, and 42% of far-right Vox voters do so. The gap between Socialist and Vox voters who view the years as very bad reaches 58.2 points. Positive views are present across age groups, including nearly 20% of 18–24-year-olds.

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