I strongly believe that a typical Iberian social-democrat (in Iberia called socialist) is, by cultural bias, similar to a Swedish liberal. Or to, put it in another way, your current Swedish government is, by cultural imposition, more left-wing that they would like to be.
More than ever, REAL social democratic mental and cultural bias is the best defense against what is coming.
Portuguese don't ignore Spain (big and only land neighbour), but rarely people refer to Iberia.
The two samples that you know off are not representative at all of the majority in that respect.
