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Sweden election: Right-wing bloc gains on opposition in new poll
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Sweden election: Right-wing bloc gains on opposition in new poll

From Aftenposten · () Norwegian

Translated from Norwegian, summarized and contextualized by DistantNews.

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  • A new poll shows the right-wing bloc gaining on the left-wing opposition in Sweden just over two weeks before the election.
  • The right-wing parties, including the Moderates and Sweden Democrats, now poll at 46.6%, while the left-wing opposition parties have 51.3% support.
  • The gap between the blocs has narrowed significantly since June, with the Moderates seeing a slight increase in support.

Sweden's upcoming election sees the right-wing bloc narrowing the gap with the left-wing opposition, according to a new poll released by Indicator.

With just over two weeks until election day, the combined support for the opposition parties – Social Democrats, Left Party, Centre Party, and Green Party – stands at 51.3%. This is a decrease from previous polls, though still a majority.

Conversely, the governing bloc, comprising the Moderates, Christian Democrats, and Liberals, along with the Sweden Democrats, has seen its support rise to 46.6%. The difference between the two blocs has nearly halved since June, now standing at 4.7 percentage points.

The Moderates, a key party in the governing coalition, gained over one percentage point, reaching 18.9%. However, this increase falls within the margin of error. The Social Democrats, the largest party in the opposition, saw a slight decline to 31.3%, continuing a downward trend observed since November. The Sweden Democrats are polling slightly higher than the Moderates at 19.7%.

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Originally published by Aftenposten in Norwegian. Translated, summarized, and contextualized by our editorial team with added local perspective. Read our editorial standards.

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