2023 Spanish Congress of Deputies Election

ended up becoming a severe disappointment as the PSOE led by Pedro Sánchez beat back both parties to secure a narrow majority in the Spanish Cortez General.

Utilizing those victories against them, PP begining coalitions with VOX allowed for Sánchez's PSOE to link the two parties together—presenting himself as the primary alternative to both.

This in addition to some scandals against PP leader Alberto Núñez Feijóo—clashing on with TV journalist who accused him of distorting data on the campaign trail and the surfacing of a decades-old photo showing him on a yacht with a well-known Galician narco