Some Thoughts On The 2021 Elections

On the 14th April 1931, King Alfonso XIII fled Spain. A republic, the second in Spain’s history, was proclaimed. Five years later, conservative reaction to that republic would culminate in the outbreak of civil war — a civil war which looks in hindsight like the prelude to world war.

What caused Alfonso to abandon his throne? A referendum? A general election? A revolution? On the 12th April, Spanish citizens cast votes in municipal elections, the first for nine years. Republican parties swept to victory, securing 43% of seats up for election. Monarchist forces won only…