Poll Shows that Citizens Want Independence

A non-governmental commission has concluded a four-month rolling poll to the citizens of Barcelona. The poll had one question: Would you be in favor of Catalan independence? A minority population of the residents in Barcelona participated in the vote as 18%, or approximately 250,000 people, cast votes. The results showed that 90% of those who voted would be in favor of an independent Catalan state. I don't find this at all surprising because ever since I've been in Barcelona I've been constantly reminded by Catalan teachers and Catalan people I meet, that Catalonia has a completely different culture and language from the rest of Spain and that Catalan's identify themselves as 'Catalan' not 'Spanish.' Though in an article I was reading about the leading Catalan political party, CiU, it states that their ideologies are based off of gaining greater autonomy within the Spanish government, not necessarily gaining complete independence from Spain. My question is that if a poll shows that over 90 percent of citizens in the capital of Catalonia voted for independence, why did they vote CiU into office if their political agenda includes remaining a part of Spain? The people could have advocated a vote for a Catalan nationalist independence party yet they again voted in favor of a party that supports Catalonia within Spain. I'm beginning to believe that Catalans like the idea of independence from Spain more than of how feasible or realistic independence would be.