Swedish election, 2018: Political Impasse, Löfven loses confidence vote

[Grand Wizard Lizard of the Klan]

I can't see it swinging many votes though, there are like what, 6 people in the whole of Sweden who even know what a European Parliamentary group is?

Everyone who knows the difference between ECR, EFDD and ENF writes on here.

Probably the biggest and the most important from the point of view of EU is that ECR is not anti-EU group and they officially confirm their commitment to the EU idea, they just want a little bit less of that EU. EFDD and ENF group parties which are eurosceptic or even hostile to the idea of the EU. Differences between EFDD and ENF are mainly based on their member parties - they are both loose groupings without any strong institutional base - both of them might be stronger after 2019 or do not exist after 2019.

[Grand Wizard Lizard of the Klan]

[Grand Wizard Lizard of the Klan]

For the Sweden Democrats, the spread between phone pollsters (16-19%) and online pollsters (24-25) is pretty huge right now.

I wonder what this means in the end ...

Shy voters.

[Grand Wizard Lizard of the Klan]

Turnout 88%

incredible

It was almost 86% in 2014, and turnout went up by a lot in Austria, Germany and the Netherlands compared to the previous election. I think the turnout "ceiling" in Sweden has almost been reached, meaning that any increase will probably be less big, but in the current international and domestic political climate, 88% turnout in Sweden does not seem like a very strange prediction to me. Denmark tends to have about the same turnout as Sweden and reached 87.2% in 2011, before the refugee crisis and the Trump era.

Oh no, I know, it's just a rather ironic number to choose. But I imagine you already know that.

If you're referring to that - yes, I know what the number stands for in Nazi circles, but I also think it's actually pretty normal to use it in contexts where it actually means what it means. Maybe it's me, but I don't tend to think of that number as a "code" for anything outside obvious Nazi contexts.

Given SD's past I think it would constitute a dark irony if an election where they topped the poll happened to have an 88% turnout. But my post was meant to be a throwaway giggle so this is really more explanation than it deserves at this point.

would be good if SD finished up with 14% though...

lol

[Grand Wizard Lizard of the Klan]

lol

[Grand Wizard Lizard of the Klan]

How long the voting will last and are there any websites who shows results live?

[Grand Wizard Lizard of the Klan]

How long the voting will last and are there any websites who shows results live?

Yes, that is much more interesting than a discussion on who is a crypto-antisemite.  Anyway I think exit polls come out at 2PM EST.

I found this line to results
https://www.aftonbladet.se/nyheter/a/wEGeKP

Hopefully
https://www.svt.se/

will have live stream

There's a live stream you can follow here: https://www.nrk.no/nyheter/valg-i-sverige-1.11200732

Why the hell Norwegian tv streams Swedish tv?

[Grand Wizard Lizard of the Klan]

Well, less than 3% is considered as accepted statistical error in polls so all but Novus got SD result right.

[Grand Wizard Lizard of the Klan]

Will V participate in minority government with SAP and MP if there will be only such option and Alliansen minority cabinet after elections?

[Grand Wizard Lizard of the Klan]

Let’s go Swedish Social Democrats!

[Grand Wizard Lizard of the Klan]

I guess they deserve what they get. Goodnight, Sweden.

There were no scenario in which SD will govern so I don't understand your saltiness.

[Grand Wizard Lizard of the Klan]

Actual vote count:

https://data.val.se/val/val2018/valnatt/R/rike/index.html

Also: please ignore the exit polls for now.

Why so?

[Grand Wizard Lizard of the Klan]

0 of 6.004 precincts counted so far.

There is one already.

[Grand Wizard Lizard of the Klan]

Lol Swedish Christian Democrats at 12% in new Sentio poll. What the hell is happening?