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[Stefu]

Que?

I thought that after so many times of saying "Who supports, who opposes?" an acronym would be obvious.

[Pavlov]

Originally posted by Shi Huangdi
61% Centern
77% Folkpartiet
70% Kristdemokraterna
38% Miljöpartiet
72% Moderaterna
50% Socialdemokraterna
33% Vänsterpartiet

Perhaps someone could give us an explanation for each of these parties.

Centern: Originally a "farmers party", now a party concentrated on the parts of Sweden which aren't cities. Cooperate a lil to the left and a lil to the right. Right in this campaign.

Folkpartiet: Liberals. Small liberals.

Kristdemokraterna: Christian party focused on (conservative) ethics. Very conservative in family issues.

Miljöpartiet: Enviromentalists. Sort of leftish and focused on "young" questions.

Moderaterna: Second largest party. Conservative and VERY focused on lowering taxes etc, the usual business.

Socialdemokraterna: Head chicken in Sweden for an absurdly long time. Social democratic, pretty much want things to continue as they are. Keyword: together.

Vänsterpartiet: Leftish party that has only almost renounced communism. Anti EU, EMU, NATO, USA and pretty much any abbreviation you can find.

And you my good sir seems to be a down-right rightwing voter.

[Stefu]

Say, someone should post this at Newsmax.

Seriously. I'd be really interested in knowing what kind of results they'd get. Another interesting location would be Democratic Underground, which is bit of a (less-crazy) leftie Newsmax. You could test whether it's true about American left equalling European right.

And we can't forget Clearguidance.com.

[Buck Birdseed]

Slightly expanded party definitions:

Centern: Traditional Farmers' Party who for many years was left-of-middle before switching over in its glory days in the seventies to become Sweden's biggest right-wing party. Now down to 6% of the votes. Quite soft liberal (european liberal, that is) views, with a strong regionalist slant. European Parliament Group: ELDR

Folkpartiet: Sweden's oldest still active party, Classical Liberal, used to be Social Liberal but have moved to the right in recent years. Now down to 5% of the votes, because they're too similar to the Moderates. European Parliament Group: ELDR

Kristdemokraterna: Relatively new party (30 years) who only entered the Parliament two elections ago. Model themselves on the small number of Protestant Christian Democratic parties in europe. 10% of the vote. Extremely soft-issue social conservatives. European Parliament Group: EPP

Miljöpartiet: The other newish party, also only been in the parliament for a few terms. Traditional Green politics, ie. Environmentalist and then hotch-potch mix 'n' match for the rest. Not as radical as most Green Parties are. 4% of the votes, close to falling out of Parliament. European Parliament Group: Greens

Moderaterna: Sweden's second oldest party, used to be The Right Party until the sixties. Now pragmatic neo-liberal fiscal conservatives with a strong hard-issue bent. 20% of the votes. European Parliament Group: EPP

Socialdemokraterna: Sweden's biggest party since the thirties and for the vast majority of time its ruling party, the Social Democrats are now increasingly third-way. Upwards of 40% of the votes. European Parliament Group: PSE

Vänsterpartiet: Traditionally a left-wing socialist party that got a bit lost politically between 1924 and 1990 when they were Communists. Now a feminist-socialist (populist?) left-wing party with 12% of the votes. European Parliament Group: GUE-NGL

[Buck Birdseed]

Originally posted by Stefu
I thought that after so many times of saying "Who supports, who opposes?" an acronym would be obvious.

I think the entire right, except possibly the Christian Democrats, support it. Not sure about the Greens or the Center either, come to think of it.

[Kitschum]

Phew. Thirty questions are at least twenty-three too many. . .

[connorkimbro]

61% centern
60% folkpartiet
55% kristdemokraterna
27% miljopartiet
54% moderaterna
55% moderaterna
55% socialdemokraterna
47% vansterpartiet

whats that mean?

a few of the questions were hard to answer. for example, if the question is "should this tax be limited to 50%" does a "completely disagree" answer mean that the limit should be much lower, or that there should be no limit at all?

[Pavlov]

Originally posted by connorkimbro
61% centern
60% folkpartiet
55% kristdemokraterna
27% miljopartiet
54% moderaterna
55% moderaterna
55% socialdemokraterna
47% vansterpartiet

whats that mean?

You're a centrist/rightwing kinda guy. At least in Swedish terms. In America you'd be a democrat.

[Buck Birdseed]

I realise a few of the questions are tricky for non-swedes. For that particular one a "Completely Disagree" answer would be in support of more progressive taxiation, a flat-tax debate doesn't exist in Sweden.

I'm guessing the first one would be tricky for someone who wants no subsidies at all too.

[Buck Birdseed]

Actually, I'd guess a lot of morally concious Libertarians would fall towards Folkpartiet as well. They're very focused on choice and individual liberty, moreso than other parties.

[Al'Kimiya]

Originally posted by connorkimbro
a few of the questions were hard to answer. for example, if the question is "should this tax be limited to 50%" does a "completely disagree" answer mean that the limit should be much lower, or that there should be no limit at all?

Today we pay about 55-60%. So to disagree is...

[connorkimbro]

I'm anything but a democrat.

[connorkimbro]

i don't think there's a party in sweden that says there should be NO tax, huh? lol

that's the party i'd go with.

[Pavlov]

I'm sure there's such a party. Struggling to beat the Donald Duck party.

[Stefu]

I think that Donald Duck Partyy is a veritable concept. In Finland, the usual protest vote is the church boat. Good ol' church boat. (Also known as "the spider.")