So much attention paid in the UK to Danish Social Democrats struggling to hold on to 22% on polls and almost none to Swedish Social Democrats dominating at 34%
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"Dominating" is a strange word for 1/3 of the vote.
sep 1, 2025, 8:17 pm • 0 0 • view
In most multi party systems, the winner does not make it past 25 %. Above thirty isn't ordinary at all. Iirc in Belgium the last winner made it to 29% (or 31%, memory is fading) and that wasn't usual.
sep 1, 2025, 8:34 pm • 1 0 • view
Exactly. So no one dominates. That's the point.
sep 1, 2025, 9:08 pm • 0 0 • view
To be fair I think that's a slight exaggeration. The Swedish social democrats *did* dominate, and 34% would be a poor result in historical terms - although better than the past three elections
sep 2, 2025, 4:48 am • 1 0 • view
They're back baby!
sep 2, 2025, 8:08 am • 0 0 • view
(FYI @europeelects.bsky.social team posts here as well, although maybe with a slight delay bsky.app/profile/euro...)
sep 1, 2025, 8:26 pm • 2 0 • view
Danish social-democrats are governing Danemark with an alliance of leff-wing parties. Swedish social-democrats are governed by a right-wing coalition, supported by the far-right party "Sweden Democrats", who have got 20% of the votes.
sep 1, 2025, 9:17 pm • 0 0 • view
So the question would be : "who do you want to emulate ?" Except that Nordic countries have a very different political culture than the UK, so this kind of benchmark is futile.
sep 1, 2025, 9:17 pm • 0 0 • view
Swedish social democrats are currently in opposition, not in government
sep 2, 2025, 4:44 am • 0 0 • view
That's exactly what I said. The right, supported by the far-right, rules. And thus the social democrats are governed, not governing.
sep 2, 2025, 8:22 pm • 0 0 • view
Well part of it is Swedish Soc Dems are currently not in power and the RW government is not doing so hot.
sep 1, 2025, 8:31 pm • 1 0 • view