However, she sees no reason to panic.
- This is a crisis that has been going on for a long time. I take this seriously. But I have said since day one that it will take time to turn this around.
Two weeks ago, the party received 1.8 percent in the SVT/Verian poll. That change was not statistically significant, but it still made seasoned liberals react with horror.
On Wednesday, a new shock figure came: 1.4 percent in the Ekot/Indikator survey, a change that is statistically significant. According to Ekot, it is the lowest support that an established parliamentary party has ever measured in an opinion poll.
When asked where the line is for Mohamsson to step down as party leader, the answer is:
I am fully focused on meeting voters and telling them what we are doing in government.
The party board meets
Her solution for increasing voter support is clarity about what the Liberals are pursuing in terms of policy, mainly when it comes to schools.
That's how I think you win back people's trust over time and I have many months left.
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This weekend the party board will meet and Pierre Månsson from Skåne tells Ekot that the serious situation will be discussed then.
"Clearly, how we handle this situation will be top of the agenda," he told the radio.
There is frustration within the party over the line on the government issue, which was decided last fall after grueling internal discussions. Critics believe that the line is unclear and difficult for voters to understand, and that it is a major cause of the collapse in public support.
"It's an impossible situation. I don't think this decision will hold up until election day," says a liberal in one of the party's most heavily contested districts.
At odds with SD
The decision means that L will not allow a government to be formed in which the Sweden Democrats sit, even if it makes it impossible for Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson, leader of the Moderates, to form a government.
Instead, the party wants to continue with today's Tidö collaboration, even though SD does not accept being a supporting party again and is demanding ministerial posts.
If L falls out of parliament, it could pose a problem for Kristersson's ambition to retain government power. But he does not intend to urge moderate voters to support L to save the party.
"I will never urge anyone to vote for any party other than the Moderates."
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