Magdalena Andersson was greeted by a sea of red-clad SSU members when she arrived at the Social Democrats' election vigil. When she got off the bus, she walked straight into a jumping choir singing about how much they love her and the Social Democrats.
"It's been a fantastic election campaign," the S leader smiled.
If she wins the election, she says she will call the other parties, except SD, either this evening or tomorrow.
"I haven't decided exactly who I'm going to call first," she says to a large media gathering.
Earlier in the evening, party secretary Tobias Baudin emphasized that Andersson has great confidence in the Swedish people.
We have a fantastic party leader... We only have one thing in focus, and that is to ensure that Magdalena Andersson becomes Prime Minister.
“Knows what she's going for”
He says he is hopeful but emphasizes that it is now up to the voters to decide whether "Andersson or the Sweden Democrats" should lead the country.
We have had a fantastic election campaign, we have a good and offensive policy and we have had real momentum in our talks, says Baudin.
There are many who want to replace this government. But many voters are unsure which party to vote for.
He does not attach much importance to the fact that the Social Democrats have fallen in opinion polls in the weeks before the election. Nor does he attach much importance to the fact that the election has been described as a "win or lose" for party leader Magdalena Andersson.
“You know what she stands for, both as Prime Minister and Minister of Finance,” he says.
We have said all along that this election could be very close. What needs to happen now is that the opposition parties become larger than the Tidö parties, then this government will fall.
Around Baudin, Social Democrats, many dressed in the party color red, stream into the premises.
Nightmare 2022
Anders Ygeman, the party's education policy spokesperson, thinks the situation is okay and that the opinion polls have still been "decent." He remembers the last election in 2022 and the polling station survey (SVT) that initially looked promising.
Then the evening was a nightmare, he says.
Former party leader and Prime Minister Stefan Löfven is hopeful.
It's tense, but I have the feeling that it's going well, he says upon arriving at the Social Democrats' election vigil.
