Swedish election - result thread | 77 comments (77 topical, 0 editorial, 0 hidden)

A clear majority for the government parties? Or not?

Looks like we might be back to the six scearii...

_{It is rightly acknowledged that people of faith have no monopoly of virtue
- Queen Elizabeth II}

by eurogreen on Sun Sep 19th, 2010 at 02:21:27 PM EST

Re: Tighter than expected... (none / 1)

Sverigedemokraterna doing much better than 2006, doubled their vote (so far) to 6%.

Socialdemokraterna is running 6% behind 2006 and almost 10% behind 2002. They are still the largest party but no longer the commanding party.

Miljöpartiet de gröna is doing a modicum (1.7%) better than 2006 but aren't making-up the ground lost by the Social Democrats.

The big winner is Moderata Samlingspartiet gaining 7%. But with the losses to the Center and Christian Democrat parties the Alliance is only a little over 2% their 2006 total.

So far, the 2010 turnout is 6.9% below 2006 (74.1% versus 81.1%.) Which is ... interesting; in the US the lower the turn-out the better the Right does so they have gotten rather good at depressing the vote. Wonder if Alliance has 'taken a lesson' from the GOP.

She believed in nothing; only her skepticism kept her from being an atheist. -- Jean-Paul Sartre

by ATinNM on Sun Sep 19th, 2010 at 02:52:16 PM EST
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Re: Tighter than expected... (none / 1)

Re: 2010 turn-out is now up over 2006 so ... My Bad.

She believed in nothing; only her skepticism kept her from being an atheist. -- Jean-Paul Sartre

by ATinNM on Sun Sep 19th, 2010 at 02:55:37 PM EST
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The Social democrats need to bite the bullet... (none / 0)

and do the Grand Coalition thing. Suicidal, but historically apt.

And they might just be clueless enough to to it.

_{It is rightly acknowledged that people of faith have no monopoly of virtue
- Queen Elizabeth II}

by eurogreen on Sun Sep 19th, 2010 at 02:56:30 PM EST
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Re: The Social democrats (none / 0)

If the ~~bigot~~ SD vote stays around 7% I don't think Alliance can form a government without them.

She believed in nothing; only her skepticism kept her from being an atheist. -- Jean-Paul Sartre

by ATinNM on Sun Sep 19th, 2010 at 02:58:58 PM EST
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Re: Tighter than expected... (none / 0)

Holy shit.

SD vote just jumped to 7.3%!

She believed in nothing; only her skepticism kept her from being an atheist. -- Jean-Paul Sartre

by ATinNM on Sun Sep 19th, 2010 at 02:53:51 PM EST
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Early Innings (none / 0)

Only 249 (4%) of 5668 electoral districts have been counted.

She believed in nothing; only her skepticism kept her from being an atheist. -- Jean-Paul Sartre

by ATinNM on Sun Sep 19th, 2010 at 03:02:14 PM EST
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Re: Early Innings (none / 1)

At this stage, the exit polls are going to be a better predictor than the early returns, which are always biased due to the nature of districts that can be counted quickly.

where are you getting the raw results?

_{It is rightly acknowledged that people of faith have no monopoly of virtue
- Queen Elizabeth II}

by eurogreen on Sun Sep 19th, 2010 at 03:18:26 PM EST
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Re: Early Innings (none / 0)

From a swedish kind of death's link to Valnatt.

She believed in nothing; only her skepticism kept her from being an atheist. -- Jean-Paul Sartre

by ATinNM on Sun Sep 19th, 2010 at 03:23:50 PM EST
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