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Progress Party's best showing, center-right parties achieve a small majority
NFK (Norway) ^ | 9/6/17 | Vilde Helljesen and Eva Marie Bulai

Posted on 09/08/2017 4:44:46 AM PDT by Redmen4ever

After four years in government, the Progress Party has more support than in prior elections, according to NRF's latest survey.

(Excerpt) Read more at nrk.no ...


TOPICS: Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: electionpoll; norway
Norway votes on September 11.

Norway has done well these past few years, with Erna Solberg of the Conservative Party as Prime Minister and Siv Jensen of the Progress Party as Finance Minister. This poll and other recent polls indicate that there is a good chance they will be returned to power. In addition to the usual caveats about polls, there is some uncertainty about which of the smaller parties will make the 4 percent threshold. Were the Liberal Party to fall short of 4 percent and the Green Party to attain 4 percent, we could have a center-left government in spite of a center-right victory in the popular vote. Then it would be our turn to be snowflakes or demand recounts or call for a special prosecutor to prove the other side is guilty of some crime. Except, that's not what we do. Not that we wouldn't be tempted.

1 posted on 09/08/2017 4:44:46 AM PDT by Redmen4ever
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To: Redmen4ever

Sounds like they’ve got their eyes wide open over there.

Good for them.

http://www.express.co.uk/news/world/748976/Norway-migrant-crackdown-record-numbers-deported-2016


2 posted on 09/08/2017 4:50:47 AM PDT by DoughtyOne (One man's DACA, is 330 million other men's caca.)
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To: DoughtyOne

If America were Norway, Free Republic would be a 4% party


3 posted on 09/08/2017 4:54:39 AM PDT by bert (K.E.; N.P.; GOPc;WASP .... The Fourth Estate is the Fifth Column)
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To: bert

But it’s a 100% Conservative Party now...

Well, okay, an actual political party...

Nice...


4 posted on 09/08/2017 4:56:48 AM PDT by DoughtyOne (One man's DACA, is 330 million other men's caca.)
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