Norwegian local elections, 2015

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IT should be remembered that the 2011 elections, especially for one held during the tail-end of an increasingly unpopular government was quite good for the left. Progress had a disasterous election,  because of the impact of a paedo scandal, infighting and the devastating impact of the Oslo and Utoya tragedies. Therefore FrP had a terrible election all round, bottoming to joke results in Oslo.

Meanwhile the Socialist Left are in even more turmoil, seeing as the rise of the Greens and Reds are stealing both of their niches (especially the former, they spent a decade carefully cultivating an environmentalist image which was promptly blown out the water). I doubt they'll make it pass the threshold next time around.

Currently Conservatives run all of the major cities, including Oslo and Trondheim.

What's happening to local government? Are they becoming unitary or something?

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Some polls from January:

https://mobile.twitter.com/electograph/status/560190126757015552

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Thanks

also, why are there national leadership debates before local elections?

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I'm surprised FrP haven't got a populist splinter. They always struck me as too ... middle-class to play the Swedish Democrats/Folkspartei game that well.

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How is the government (in particularly Progress) reacting to the refugee crisis?

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If Labour underperform, could Store be rolled after his unfortunate debate performance?

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Does the Coastal Party still exist?

Man the Centre Party did great. I'm guessing they have an advantage in municipal elections.

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Lol, why are the Greens maintaining this weird Moderate Hero act? What is their aim?

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Well, it is a dilemma with a lot of Green parties - how do you avoid becoming essentially an irrelevant annexe of the major social democratic party? that question tends to divide them between the sort of watermelon who says "we should chew around to Labour's left and monopolise voter's discontent with 'neoliberalism'"; and the sort of mango who says "we should basically work with whatever party promises us more bike lanes".

What would the Greens major demand be in this case? The aforementioned bike lanes? Cars banned from city centres? Phase-out of fossil heating? Divestment?

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Good news for the Socialist Left?

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Why are KrF so strong in the Southern muncipalaties?

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Why are KrF so strong in the Southern muncipalaties?

Lots of Christians.

Thanks. (Ask a stupid question, I guess...)

Why are there so many conservative Christians down there? Retiree spot?