Spaniards to Vote More Cuts as Polls Signal Rajoy Landslide

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Spaniards, already reeling from the austerity measures that followed the worst recession in 60 years, are poised to vote for more economic pain on Nov. 20.

Voters may hand the opposition People’s Party the largest majority any party has won since 1982, polls indicate. PP leader Mariano Rajoy has promised “restraint and rigor” to shrink the euro area’s third-largest deficit by about a third to 4.4 percent of gross domestic product next year.