EXPLAINER: COVID-19, far-right are top themes in Madrid vote

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EXPLAINER: COVID-19, far-right are top themes in Madrid vote

A banner in support of conservative leader Isabel Diaz Ayuso in a bar in Madrid, Spain, Monday, April 19, 2021. Residents in Madrid, one of Europe's worst-hit regions by the coronavirus pandemic, are hitting the polls on Tuesday to elect a new regional assembly in a vote resembling a plebiscite on lockdown measures. By keeping bars, restaurants, museums and concert halls opened, Diaz Ayuso has invigorated the conservative vote for her Popular Party. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)
Socialist candidate for the Madrid elections Angel Gabilondo gives a speech during an election campaign in Alcobendas, outskirts of Madrid, Spain, Monday, April 19, 2021. Residents in Madrid, one of Europe's worst-hit regions by the coronavirus pandemic, are hitting the polls on Tuesday to elect a new regional assembly in a vote resembling a plebiscite on lockdown measures. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)
Far-right Vox party deputy Javier Ortega Smith attends an election campaign rally in Madrid, Spain, Wednesday, April 7, 2021. Residents in Madrid, one of Europe's worst-hit regions by the coronavirus pandemic, are hitting the polls on Tuesday to elect a new regional assembly in a vote resembling a plebiscite on lockdown measures. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)
Next a mocking far-right Vox party banner, an elderly woman looks from a balcony an election meeting at the working-class Vallecas neighborhood in Madrid, Spain, Wednesday, April 7, 2021. Residents in Madrid, one of Europe's worst-hit regions by the coronavirus pandemic, are hitting the polls on Tuesday to elect a new regional assembly in a vote resembling a plebiscite on lockdown measures. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)
A banner of Socialist candidate for the Madrid elections Angel Gabilondo hangs on a facade building in Madrid, Spain, Monday, April 19, 2021. Residents in Madrid, one of Europe's worst-hit regions by the coronavirus pandemic, are hitting the polls on Tuesday to elect a new regional assembly in a vote resembling a plebiscite on lockdown measures. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)

EXPLAINER: COVID-19, far-right are top themes in Madrid vote

A banner in support of conservative leader Isabel Diaz Ayuso in a bar in Madrid, Spain, Monday, April 19, 2021. Residents in Madrid, one of Europe's worst-hit regions by the coronavirus pandemic, are hitting the polls on Tuesday to elect a new regional assembly in a vote resembling a plebiscite on lockdown measures. By keeping bars, restaurants, museums and concert halls opened, Diaz Ayuso has invigorated the conservative vote for her Popular Party. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)
Socialist candidate for the Madrid elections Angel Gabilondo gives a speech during an election campaign in Alcobendas, outskirts of Madrid, Spain, Monday, April 19, 2021. Residents in Madrid, one of Europe's worst-hit regions by the coronavirus pandemic, are hitting the polls on Tuesday to elect a new regional assembly in a vote resembling a plebiscite on lockdown measures. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)
Far-right Vox party deputy Javier Ortega Smith attends an election campaign rally in Madrid, Spain, Wednesday, April 7, 2021. Residents in Madrid, one of Europe's worst-hit regions by the coronavirus pandemic, are hitting the polls on Tuesday to elect a new regional assembly in a vote resembling a plebiscite on lockdown measures. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)
Next a mocking far-right Vox party banner, an elderly woman looks from a balcony an election meeting at the working-class Vallecas neighborhood in Madrid, Spain, Wednesday, April 7, 2021. Residents in Madrid, one of Europe's worst-hit regions by the coronavirus pandemic, are hitting the polls on Tuesday to elect a new regional assembly in a vote resembling a plebiscite on lockdown measures. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)
A banner of Socialist candidate for the Madrid elections Angel Gabilondo hangs on a facade building in Madrid, Spain, Monday, April 19, 2021. Residents in Madrid, one of Europe's worst-hit regions by the coronavirus pandemic, are hitting the polls on Tuesday to elect a new regional assembly in a vote resembling a plebiscite on lockdown measures. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)