Red-green voters split over Left Party cabinet seats

A Novus survey puts support for Left Party ministers at 46% among red-green voters, with 41% opposed and 13% undecided. The interviews took place before Parliament rejected Magdalena Andersson as prime minister on Thursday.

The poll for TV4, published on Friday, interviewed 1,047 people aged 18–84 through Novus’s Sweden Panel on 1–7 October. Across all respondents, 22% wanted the Left Party in government and 64% did not.

The red-green figures cover supporters of the Social Democrats, Centre Party, Greens and Left Party. The report gives no subgroup sample size or margin of error, so the five-point difference cannot establish a statistically clear lead.

The Left Party insists on cabinet seats to support a government. Centre opposes its inclusion, leaving Andersson needing to reconcile incompatible conditions.

Left deputy leader Ida Gabrielsson told TV4 that support within the red-green electorate was strong despite other parties’ reluctance to govern with hers. She argued that attitudes could change once parties worked together.

MPs rejected Andersson by 248 votes to 99 on 15 October. The poll measures earlier preferences, not voters’ response to that defeat.

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