Among his references were Subcomandante Marcos and Malcolm X, one of his idols when he was young. He played basketball, but he has also practiced less conventional sports for years, such as boxing. He is a fan of Ismael Serrano. He studied Catalan Philology at the UIB and then Anthropology at the UB. When the United States invaded Iraq in 2003, students in the Ramon Llull building at the UIB filled the walls with graffiti against the war. Near the main stairs, one can still be seen. It was made by David Pujol, now a Catalan teacher and candidate for MÉS per Palma for the mayoralty of Ciutat. “Like the others, they wanted to cover it up, but it can still be distinguished”. This is recounted by Antoni Trobat, David's friend since their university years.

"We must progressively municipalize developable land to end speculation and ensure that housing becomes a right again." With this proposal, the candidate for mayor of MÉS per Palma, David Pujol, today called for a profound change in housing and urban planning policies to confront what he considers "the great challenge of our generation." According to Pujol, the housing crisis demands abandoning timid policies and decisively intervening in a market that, he denounces, "has turned a fundamental right into a business." "We must remove housing from market logic and make houses what they have always been: homes to live in".