In the Swedish election, urban voters trusted Social Democratic PM Magdalena Andersson to keep their lives sunny in uncertain times. But small-town Sweden continued to show their disillusion by voting for the Sweden Democrats. The latter trend proved to be stronger as Sweden’s Social Democrats are heading into opposition – in spite of receiving 30.3 […]
Eric Sundström is Research Fellow and Communication strategist at LO, the Swedish Trade Union Confederation
One of the two biggest parties comes from the right-of-centre. That has been the rule in every election since democracy was established in Sweden. But the EU-election became a game changer in a ”super year”, as national elections loom on September 14th. The Social Democrats (SAP) got 24% but the Greens came in second with […]