Swedish Social Democrats Hit Record Low - Right Bloc Takes the Lead

STOCKHOLM - Magdalena Andersson still has no government, and now her Social Democrats are bleeding voters.

In the November poll by public broadcaster SVT and Verian, the party gets 26.1 percent. That is its worst result since Andersson took over as leader in autumn 2021.

The drop is statistically significant and has mostly come in the past month. The Social Democrats lose most to the Moderates, but some voters have also gone to the Greens.

Per Söderpalm, head of opinion polling at Verian, links the slide to the drawn-out government formation. He believes the growing criticism of the Social Democrats has hit the party's support.

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Moderates close the gap

The Moderates are heading the other way and keep growing. At 23.3 percent, they now trail the Social Democrats by barely three points.

For the first time in more than four years, the Tidö parties - the Moderates, Sweden Democrats, Christian Democrats and Liberals - are ahead of the red-green bloc in a Verian poll. Together they get 50.6 percent against 47.7 percent.

The 2.9-point gap is not statistically significant.

The Sweden Democrats get 16.9 percent, up 0.3. The Christian Democrats rise one point to 6.3 percent, and the Liberals reach 4.1 percent.

The Centre Party falls for the second month in a row to 5.7 percent, its lowest since June and a significant drop since the election. Its voters go mainly to the Moderates, but also to the Social Democrats.

The Left Party gets 8.5 percent, about the same as in the election, while the Greens are at 7.5 percent.