Populist Sweden Democrats Surge Projected, Establishment Falters
by Jack Montgomery Exit polls for Sweden’s national elections project a surge in support for the populist Sweden Democrats, who may have won around a fifth of the vote. Jimmie Åkesson’s eurosceptic, anti-mass migration party is forecast to take 19.2 percent of the vote in an exit poll for public broadcaster STV, while the ruling Prime Minister Stefan Löfven’s ruling Social Democrats losing significant ground and their Green Party partners only just breaking the 4 percent parliamentary threshold. The Social Democrats’ establishment ‘centre-right’ rivals in the Moderate Party appear to have underwhelmed as well, with it looking likely that any mainstream minority...
by Jack Montgomery Exit polls for Sweden’s national elections project a surge in support for the populist Sweden Democrats, who may have won around a fifth of the vote. Jimmie Åkesson’s eurosceptic, anti-mass migration party is forecast to take 19.2...
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