Back in Taiwan I am interested in politics. I find politics in Sweden interesting.
If something is wrong here, please correct me.
Swedish politics is similar to that in the UK. The head of party who won the most seats in
the election of the Councillor would be the Prime Minister.
However, no single party can win over 50% of the votes. Thus, some parties have to form alliance. There are two alliances.
Left (Red): socialism, higher tax, higher welfare.
Right (Blue): liberalism, lower tax.
Usually young people support Right.
Left(Red) has been ruling Sweden for a long time. However, in recent years, Right(Blue) becomes more popular and they won again in this election on September 19th, 2010.
Here you can know the major parties in Sweden quickly:
Swedish Democrats is nationalism, but actually pretty racism.
They want more strict laws to immigrants and accepting refugees.
They only care about less foreigners, so Sweden can remain "Swedish".
They don't care about economy issues like tax, welfare and jobs.
Many people don't like SD(or as some said, they hate SD.) All the other parties don't like them.
Here is banned commercial of SD:
Before the election today, SD were not powerful. But the research showed that they might have more than 4% votes and be able to have seats in the Councillor. There was a demonstration against SD few days ago.
They got 5.7% this time and have about 20 seats.
The election is very intense.
Red + SD > Blue
Therefore, SD is the one who decides the result of all the decisions when Red and Blue disagree with each other. Every decision is actually controlled by SD, some racists. The government is very unstable.
SD is fast growing. Why would more people support SD? It is an interesting issue.
Hey Kai, cool to see you're looking into the politics of Sweden. Just on thing, if only young people (18-25) would have voted there would have been a "red" majority in Sweden this election.
ReplyDeleteHope you're having a blast!
I'll probably see you somewhere along Gibraltargatan again soon =), take care.
Hey Jesper!
ReplyDeleteIs there a saying like
When you're young, if you don't vote for the left, then you have no heart.
When you're old, if you don't vote for the right,
then you have no brain.
(Is it right?)
So young people usually support red?
Haha, yeah, I've heard that one!
ReplyDeleteI'd say it's more like; if you come from a well off family, or for other reasons have alot of money or expect to have a high income in the future you often vote blue. The blue sides reasoning goes something like "we help them who already have the means to help themselves" or "take care of your own and let the less fortunate take care of themselves".
It's truly sad and depressing.