Most Left voters prefer outside support to a snap election
Most Left Party voters would rather support a Social Democrat-led government from outside the cabinet than face a snap election when a four-party coalition is not on offer.
A new Indikator poll for SVT finds that 62% choose a government of Social Democrats, Greens and Centre with Left support outside. In that question, 31% choose a snap election and 2% a right-wing coalition backed by the Sweden Democrats.
That is a fallback preference. When a government including the Left is among the options, 91% of its voters choose it. Some 81% also describe the party’s demand for cabinet seats as good.
Asked separately whether the Left should allow a Social Democrat, Green and Centre government in exchange for important policy gains, 60% say definitely or probably yes.
The findings distinguish support for the party’s negotiating demand from voters’ willingness to compromise. They do not mean the Left has abandoned that demand: deputy leader Ida Gabrielsson reaffirmed it on Thursday.
Indikator surveyed 1,659 red-green voters from 9 to 12 November. The published results concern the Left subgroup; SVT does not give its size or margin of error.
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