The matador and the moderate: Andalusia’s president courts far right in the bullring – POLITICO

Andalusia’s upcoming regional election is being fought out in the most stereotypical of Spanish settings: the bullring.

Incumbent regional president Juanma Moreno, a conservative moderate, is keen to retain control of the country’s largest region, but polls suggest his center-right People’s Party (PP) may fall just short of a governing majority if the far right Vox party performs well in the May 17 vote.

To stave off that possibility, Moreno is appealing to far right voters — many of whom are hardcore bullfighting fans. At the center of his charm offensive is José Antonio Morante Camacho, better known as Morante de la Puebla, a 46-year-old widely regarded as Spain’s best matador — and a fervent Vox supporter.