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  • Voters on the move

    Voter volatility in Sweden remains at a historically high level. The proportion of floating voters between the 2010 and 2014 Riksdag election was 36 percent. Accounts of an increasingly volatile electorate are well-known, but also very one-sided. Considerable voter volatility no longer means that voters are lost or confused. The ideological orientation and standpoints of political issues clearly mark the limits for the scope, character and effects of voter volatility.

  • Education the most important question in the 2014 Riksdag election

    There were big differences in voting behaviour between the European parliament election and the Riksdag election in 2014. Education was high on the agenda in the Riksdag election and environmental issues were in focus in the European parliament election.

  • Increased confidence and the economy behind election victory for Alliance parties

    The Alliance parties maintained government power thanks to the high ratings from the voters within the areas that were in focus before the election of 2010. These main areas were taxes, employment and the economy. The share that switched parties decreased and confidence for politicians increased sharply.

  • White collar workers elected the new Moderates

    At the start of the 2006 election the Moderate Party described themselves as the new "workers' party". However, the Swedish election studies show that the Moderates’ "breakthrough" among LO (the Swedish Trade Union Confederation) members (13 percent M votes) and among blue collar workers (13 percent M votes) is far from any historic record.