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Close Swedish election predicted as far-right surges
France 24 ^

Posted on 09/11/2022 3:54:37 AM PDT by FarCenter

Stockholm (AFP) – Swedes vote Sunday in legislative elections that will either pave the way for an unprecedented right-wing government supported by the far-right or a third straight mandate for the ruling Social Democrats.

Opinion polls have predicted a close race with a razor-thin lead for Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson's Social Democrats and the left bloc, following a campaign dominated by rising gang shootings and soaring electricity prices.

Polling stations open at 8:00 am (0600 GMT) and close at 8:00 pm, with final results due around midnight.

The right-wing bloc has never before agreed to cooperate with the nationalist and anti-immigration Sweden Democrats, treated as "pariahs" by other political parties until recently.

The far-right has leapt to second place in opinion polls behind the Social Democrats in the final weeks of the campaign, credited with around a fifth of votes.

Their surge -- overtaking the traditional leaders of the right-wing bloc, the conservative Moderates -- has been attributed to an election race focused on issues close to their voters, including crime, segregation and the integration of immigrants.

Prime Minister Andersson, 55, hopes however to hang onto power with the support of the small Left, Centre and Green parties.

(Excerpt) Read more at france24.com ...


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KEYWORDS: conservatives; conservativesurge; europeanunion; nato; russiansuicide; sweden; whyishenotbanned; whyishestillhere
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Midnight in Stockholm would be 6 pm Eastern time.
1 posted on 09/11/2022 3:54:37 AM PDT by FarCenter
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To: FarCenter

And the FAR LEFT continues to recede.


2 posted on 09/11/2022 3:57:09 AM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (I always thought a Merry Garland was a Christmas tree decoration.)
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To: FarCenter

When it comes to rats everything is close so they can claim voter fraud otherwise its a mandate the people have spoken under the guise of a stolen election


3 posted on 09/11/2022 3:59:16 AM PDT by ronnie raygun
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To: FlingWingFlyer

Sweden has a Deep State, too.

And guess which kind of election machines...


4 posted on 09/11/2022 4:24:21 AM PDT by mewzilla (We need to repeal RCV wherever it's in use and go back to dumb voting machines.)
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To: mewzilla

From 2018...

https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252448915/IT-sector-advises-Swedish-government-on-elections-and-voting-system


5 posted on 09/11/2022 4:25:55 AM PDT by mewzilla (We need to repeal RCV wherever it's in use and go back to dumb voting machines.)
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Far right? Hmmm...I wonder if that means "we want secure borders" or "we want government policies that benefit Swedes first" or "I don't want my thermostat at 45 degrees in January" or "I don't want to commute to work by pogo stick".

Yup,"far right".I get the picture. And BTW...I find it very curious that one never sees political parties/movements in the West described as "far left" in the "mainstream" media.

6 posted on 09/11/2022 4:27:37 AM PDT by Gay State Conservative (Covid Is All About Mail In Ballots)
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What is “far right” for Sweden?


7 posted on 09/11/2022 4:53:48 AM PDT by escapefromboston (Free Chauvin)
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To: FarCenter

Sweden will be an islamic republic soon enough.


8 posted on 09/11/2022 4:59:14 AM PDT by joma89 (Buy weapons and ammo, folks, and have the will to use them.)
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To: FarCenter

Anything to the right of Pol Pot is far-right.


9 posted on 09/11/2022 5:10:17 AM PDT by Telepathic Intruder
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To: Gay State Conservative

“I don’t want to commute to work by pogo stick”.

You should win a little gold FR star for that post, GSC.

Thank you!

LMBO


10 posted on 09/11/2022 5:20:17 AM PDT by SouthernClaire (God Help America!)
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To: escapefromboston

Anyone opposing Sweden’s Deep State.


11 posted on 09/11/2022 5:24:26 AM PDT by mewzilla (We need to repeal RCV wherever it's in use and go back to dumb voting machines.)
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To: escapefromboston

Anyone who is not a communist is far right.


12 posted on 09/11/2022 5:29:06 AM PDT by Captain Jack Aubrey (There's not a moment to lose.)
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To: Captain Jack Aubrey

That is the danger in calling everyone a far-right nazi/fascist. People will embrace being called far-right as long as it opposes policies that result in the citizens being cold and hungry. It will blur what a real Nazi is, very dangerous game they’re playing in the long run.


13 posted on 09/11/2022 5:47:13 AM PDT by teevolt
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To: FarCenter

but how far right is far right in Sweden ?


14 posted on 09/11/2022 5:59:18 AM PDT by butlerweave
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To: Gay State Conservative
I find it very curious that one never sees political parties/movements in the West described as "far left" in the "mainstream" media.

Tagline explains it.

15 posted on 09/11/2022 6:11:05 AM PDT by libertylover (Our biggest problem, BY FAR, is that almost all of big media is agenda-driven, not-truth driven.)
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To: FarCenter

16 posted on 09/11/2022 6:20:36 AM PDT by Travis McGee (EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com)
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To: FarCenter

They don’t mention where these criminals are from
Hmmm


17 posted on 09/11/2022 6:25:36 AM PDT by italianquaker
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To: butlerweave
but how far right is far right in Sweden ?

The Far Left like Marx and Lenin. The Far Right only like Marx.

18 posted on 09/11/2022 6:27:41 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: FlingWingFlyer

Just mention “far right”. The phrase is a dog whistle for cadres of far left wingnuts to take to the street to burn, loot and murder because they think they’re fighting fascists. They’re actually fighting against the will of the people who voted. Who’s the fascists here?


19 posted on 09/11/2022 6:28:59 AM PDT by virgil (The evil that men do lives after them )
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To: FarCenter

sounds like a cabal headline to distract from the inevitable WEF fraud being engineered


20 posted on 09/11/2022 6:29:46 AM PDT by mo ("If you understand, no explanation is needed; if you don't understand, no explanation is possible)
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