The Tidö parties are not making any gains in SVT/Verian's first poll since June. The opposition has a 10-point lead. Polls are polls, and it is election day that counts, Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson tells TT.
Swedish politicsIn every close election, eyes are focused on the votes of Swedes living abroad. But the drama is mainly about the votes being counted late, not about the fact that the group is large and usually decisive. There are just as many people named Kerstin, says political scientist Henrik Ekengren Oscarsson.
Swedish politicsWith less than a year left until the election, the opposition has a clear lead in public opinion. But previous governments have recovered from worse disadvantages than that.
Swedish politicsKamala Harris did fairly well among blacks but failed to win young women and Latinos. Many with Latin American background are also very critical of immigration, says political scientist Henrik Ekengren Oscarsson.
World politicsThe Christian Democrats and Liberals cleared the threshold with a good margin in the EU election. In the SCB's party sympathy survey for the Riksdag, both are far below. The differences should not come as a surprise, according to the political scientist Henrik Ekengren Oscarsson. Voters in the EU election dare to spread their votes out a bit more.
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