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Liberalerna Gains Support After SD Agreement While S and SD Decline in Latest Poll

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Key Points
  • Liberalerna increased by 0.2 percentage points in the latest voter barometer, reversing a previous downward trend.
  • Both Sverigedemokraterna and Socialdemokraterna lost 1.9 percentage points each in the same poll.
  • The Liberal Party's gain follows an agreement with SD to remove political barriers and potentially accept them in government.

2 percentage points, marking a reversal of its previous downward trend. However, the party remains below the parliamentary threshold. The increase follows last Friday's announcement that the Liberal Party leader had reached an agreement with the Sweden Democrats (Sverigedemokraterna) to remove the 'red lines' against SD and accept them in a government.

Opinion expert Hjalmar Strid from Novus commented that this development indicates there hasn't been a major voter exodus from the party and could potentially be positive. 9 percentage points compared to last month's measurement. Despite this drop, the Sweden Democrats remain larger than the Moderates according to the poll.

this development indicates there hasn't been a major voter exodus from the party and could potentially be positive

Hjalmar Strid, Opinion expert from Novus

The political landscape remains tight between the blocs, with changes in support often occurring within respective political blocks rather than between them.

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