One door away, a plebiscite for the No and one of the few victories for the Yes, a journey into the geography of the vote in Catania.

That in Catania there would be 64 percent of "No" votes in the referendum on the judiciary was predicted by those who have been involved in local politics for decades. "If the yes wins, it will be by a very small margin - said a prominent figure in the city's politics - More likely, the no will win by a landslide." And he said this when, on Sunday afternoon, even the most experienced commentators were groping in the dark: such high turnout was unexpected, upending all predictions and making any analysis difficult. Not for those who were born and raised in the city's working-class neighborhoods. The radio station to tune into was that of the dissatisfaction of the people of Catania.

In the city of Catania, 100,198 people voted. A turnout of 42.42 percent of eligible voters. In the total of 336 polling stations, 33 (just under ten percent) were those where the voters for "No" exceeded 70 percent. Beyond polling station 334, that of the San Marco hospital on Viale Carlo Azeglio Ciampi, where out of 23 voters, 19 opted for "No", leaving a percentage of 82.61 percent for history, a similar result was also achieved in a "normal" polling station. Polling station 298, Comprehensive Institute Diaz-Manzoni: low turnout (32.95 percent), three null ballots, one blank ballot, and then 81.17 percent of preferences against the constitutional reform of the judiciary. It is the historic center, of course. For this reason, it is, at least, a heterogeneous polling station in terms of voter profile.

How differently, and divided, the electorate in the working-class neighborhoods can be is demonstrated by polling stations 71 and 72, one room next to the other at the Comprehensive Institute Cardinale Dusmet on Via Plaia 193, a few steps from Tondicello and Via della Concordia. Polling station 71, with turnout at 17.60 percent (low, of course), gives "No" a Bulgarian percentage of 72.41 percent. Next door, in polling station 72, turnout drops even lower, to 16.46 percent: it is one of the three polling stations in the city of Catania where "Yes" won, with 51.15 percent of voters in favor of the constitutional amendment proposed by the government led by Fratelli d’Italia.

In the space of a few meters, a social snapshot: almost nonexistent voting (unless it is local elections) and the expression of polarization. Or rather, as someone else who knows politics from having practiced it in the Etna capital said: "The sign that even the parties have lost touch with the territory, the contact with the people." In the sense: even the historically most rooted parties in the working-class neighborhoods.

As mentioned, only in three of the city's polling stations did "Yes" prevail over "No". Speaking of Via Plaia, to find another polling station with a majority of "Yes" you have to move to the Comprehensive Institute Cesare Battisti on Via della Concordia 139, polling station 75: turnout at 25.19, three null ballots, one blank ballot, and 64.19 percent of preferences for the center-right. The last polling station in the opposite trend is in another working-class neighborhood, where turnout rises a bit more. Comprehensive Institute Vitaliano Brancati, Strada Cravone 10, with 27.52 percent of eligible voters casting their ballots. Result? 65.15 percent of preferences for "Yes" (and two null ballots).

The lowest turnout is in polling station 68, still in a working-class area: it is located at the Comprehensive Institute Rita Atria on Via Gramignani 97, between Via Mulino a Vento and Via Plebiscito. There, only 14.25 percent of eligible voters showed up at the polls. The lowest figure in the entire Etna capital. In contrast, there is the highest figure: polling station 149 of the Giovanni Verga educational circle on Via Giuseppe Macherione 18 (partly Via Giacomo Leopardi, partly Picanello) with a turnout of 69.35 percent, with "No" at 57.31 percent among the 525 voters.