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Angus Reid Global Monitor : Polls & Research
Leftist Parties Ahead of Government in Sweden
(Angus Reid Global Monitor) - Sweden’s coalition of centre-left parties is the most popular political force in the country, according to a poll by Synovate published in Dagens Nyheter. 56.4 per cent of respondents would support the Workers’ Party - Social-Democrats (S), the Left Party (Vp) or the Environmental Party - The Greens (MP) in the next general election.
The governing centre-right alliance of the Moderate Rally Party (M), the People’s Party Liberals (FpL), the Centre Party (C), and the Christian-Democrats (KD) is behind with 40.3 per cent.
Swedish voters renewed the Diet in September 2006. The centre-right alliance secured 178 seats, ending the ten-year tenure of Social-Democrat prime minister Goran Persson. Moderate leader Fredrik Reinfeldt became prime minister in October 2006. In January 2007, former sustainable development minister Mona Sahlin took over as the new leader of the Social-Democrats.
On May 9, immigration minister Tobias Billstrom said that Sweden wants to learn from Portugal’s experience in integrating immigrants to mainstream society, declaring, "We are constantly looking at the good practices. (...) Portugal is an excellent example of a country that has received many immigrants and that has managed to receive them positively."
Polling Data
What party would you support in the next general election?
|
Apr. 2008 |
Dec. 2007 |
|
|
Opposition Parties (Centre-Left) |
56.4% |
57.1% |
|
Workers’ Party - Social-Democrats (S) |
44.8% |
46.7% |
|
Left Party (Vp) |
6.0% |
4.8% |
|
Environmental Party - The Greens (MP) |
5.6% |
5.6% |
|
Governing Alliance (Centre-Right) |
40.3% |
39.1% |
|
Moderate Rally Party (M) |
22.0% |
21.8% |
|
People’s Party Liberals (FpL) |
7.8% |
6.6% |
|
Centre Party (C) |
5.8% |
6.5% |
|
Christian-Democrats (KD) |
4.7% |
4.2% |
Source: Synovate / Dagens Nyheter
Methodology: Interviews with 1,957 Swede voters, conducted from Apr. 10 to Apr. 23, 2008. Margin of error is 3.0 per cent.