Spain`s rural regions become fierce battleground for votes
(WorldNews Spain)

LA BIENVENIDA, Spain (AP) - Spanish politicians are swapping campaign buses for tractors, buddying up with hunters and inspecting home-grown tomatoes in Spain`s often-neglected rural regions as they hunt for votes in Sunday`s general election, one of the country`s most polarized votes in decades. The ballot comes as Spain`s traditional bipartisan political landscape - which used to revolve around the center-left Socialists and the conservative Popular Party - has fractured into five main political parties, including a far-right populist newcomer. That has spurred a race for votes in Spain`s overrepresented hinterland, where nearly one-third of the seats in parliament`s lower house are up for...