Overview

• The CIS October 2025 barometer reports 21.3% view the Franco dictatorship as good or very good, while 65.5% rate it bad or very bad.
• On today’s system, 40.8% say democracy is much better and 40.8% better than the dictatorship, with 17.3% judging it worse or much worse.
• By party, 35.4% of PP voters and 42% of Vox voters call the Franco years good, and 31.5% of PP voters and 61% of Vox voters say current democracy is worse.
• By age, nearly 20% of 18–24-year-olds rate the dictatorship positively, and 14.4% in that cohort consider democracy worse than the Franco period.
• A prior CIS survey found sizable youth skepticism about democracy, and recent polling cited in coverage reports rising support for Vox, particularly among younger voters.