Sweden: Anti-Immigration Sweden Democrats Hit Record High Support In Latest Poll

Support for the far-right Sweden Democrats is at a record high ahead of September’s election, putting them hot on the heels of the ruling Social Democrats and main opposition Moderates, according to a new poll.

The anti-immigrant party scored 20 percent in the Ipsos poll in Dagens Nyheter, just four points behind the Social Democrats and two points behind the center-right Moderates.

Dagens Nyheter said Prime Minister Stefan Löfven‘s Social Democrats have never polled so low in May of an election year since its Ipsos series began in 1979.

The Social Democrats, who have dominated Swedish politics for a century (but were in opposition from 2006-2014), have struggled to respond to the far-right party’s tough rhetoric on crime and immigration...

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