I think that the Swedish Moderate party is in dire straits

[Chemical Ollie]

I will probably vote for him in 2006. I've always been a moderat supporter but voted for the Christian Democrats in 2002, due to the lame leader the Moderats had by then.

[Chemical Ollie]

Thanks to Fredrik Reinfeldt, the Moderate party has gained substantially in the latest poll. The conservative/liberal coalition is now larger than the red/green coalition in the polls. Thats the first time that happened in ten years or so.

[Al'Kimiya]

ollie: what are you, some sort of identical twin?

don't trust the polls though, they're probably fixed to cause debate.. once in a while the bourgeois block gets majority in a poll.. but the only thing that can cause a real election to turn out that way is if a nationalist party can fool enough social democratic voters (or abstainers for that matter) like in 91 with nyd.

[Chemical Ollie]

Originally posted by Al'Kimiya
ollie: what are you, some sort of identical twin?

don't trust the polls though, they're probably fixed to cause debate.. once in a while the bourgeois block gets majority in a poll.. but the only thing that can cause a real election to turn out that way is if a nationalist party can fool enough social democratic voters (or abstainers for that matter) like in 91 with nyd.

Well, I have more hair than Fredrik, but I think we are about the same age and have about the same values, so yes, we are twins. But for some reason, I have found myself voting for female candidates in 3 out of the 4 last EU and national parliament elections - Gunilla Carlsson and Charlotte Cedersköld. I just found their political program fitting me the best. And after the introduction of person-based elections instead of party-based, it is wise to vote for someone else than the top candidate of a party. That way, you make sure that more than one member of your party gets elected.

[Kropotkin]

There's almost always an 'effect' when a party goes under new management. I doesn't really have to mean anything in the long run.

[Chemical Ollie]

Originally posted by Kropotkin
There's almost always an 'effect' when a party goes under new management. I doesn't really have to mean anything in the long run.

That's what you wish for, right? Commie...

[Kropotkin]

Haha, no I'm actually trying to be objective about it. Fredrik is cute, but he's no Bengt Westerberg.