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Governing Moderate Party saw some light in a new opinion poll but
still chasing the Social Democrats which seem disappearing in the
horizon
Monday, 12 August 2013
The governing Conservative Moderates party of Sweden and its leader,
and Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt received some increased voters
support in August in a new opinion poll but are still chasing the
Social Democrats somewhat as election nears.
Support for the Moderates party rose by around two percentage
points to 28.4 percent in August, compared with 26.5 percent in July,
according to polling organisation YouGov survey for the free paper
Metro.
Image /The Members of the Alliance coaition - scancomark.se
Fredrik Reinfeldt's virulent attack against the far right party, Sweden
Democrats in his talks at the Swedish political retreat or Almedalstan on
the island of Visby in early July may have paid dividends in the
opinion polls, believes Jonas Hinnfors, professor of political science
at the University of Gothenburg.
The speech showed a Moderate party leader having some fighting spirit
other than previous descriptions of the Prime Minister as tired and
passive, according to Jonas Hinnfors to Metro.
Among the other parties in the coalition government the People’s Party
lost ground, while the Christian Democrats and the Centre Party
increased their support slightly even though the latter two parties are
still wobbling along the Parliamentary accession threshold of four
percent.
The Alliance bloc narrowed the distance to the Red-Green in August. The
gap narrowed to more than 6 percent from 9 percent in July.
Support for the far right party, Sweden Democrats fell to just below 10 percent.
The
Left Party went back a percentage point, while the Social Democrats and
the Green Party relatively remain still, writes Metro as shwon on teh
table below
Voter Support in August |
||
The Blocs | August Support |
July Support |
The Alliance |
41.4 |
39.4 |
Red-Green |
47.5 |
48.8 |
Parties | ||
Moderates |
28.4 | 26.5 |
Centre party |
3.6 |
3.2 |
People’s Party |
5.4 |
6.7 |
Christian Democrats |
4.0 |
3.0 |
The Green Party |
9.3 |
9.5 |
Social Democrats |
30.8 |
30.9 |
Left Party |
7.4 |
8.4 |
Sweden Democrats |
9.9 |
11.2 |
Source: Yougov / Metro |