Icelandic Snap Election, 28th Oct 2017

[JonHawk]

People's Party is left-wing? from what i read its a right-populist party critical of immigration.

[JonHawk]

People's Party is left-wing? from what i read its a right-populist party critical of immigration.

Their welfare policies are very leftist and eradicating poverty is their core goal, but they have at times criticized that taking in too many refugees could harm welfare for the disabled and elderly.

The Reykjavík Grapevine writes that a well-known xenophobe has recently joined them.

https://grapevine.is/mag/articles/2017/09/22/dawn-of-the-populists

Professor in political science Eirikur Bergman recently called them "a radical Socialist party" and he is the author of "Nordic Nationalism and Right-Wing Populist Politics: Imperial Relationships and National Sentiments" so I suppose he would know if they were right wing populists.

Thanks. That's the site i originally had read from.

Seems Iceland lacks a right-wing populist party like most of Europe. Even though i guess the Progressive Party has alot of voters that would probably vote for a DPP type party

[JonHawk]

Im thinking a minority government here, but not sure if the Left-Greens will be the head of it.

[JonHawk]

I can't see Progressive Party joining the Left in this coaltion. It would be fatal for them. Either a minority government with LGA at the heim or a IP-CP-PP-Reform majority.

[JonHawk]

I can't see Progressive Party joining the Left in this coaltion. It would be fatal for them. Either a minority government with LGA at the heim or a IP-CP-PP-Reform majority.

PP will never work with Centre Party.

But they will work with Leftist LGA? Dont see that happening. Especially in a coalition government

[JonHawk]

I can't see Progressive Party joining the Left in this coaltion. It would be fatal for them. Either a minority government with LGA at the heim or a IP-CP-PP-Reform majority.

PP will never work with Centre Party.

But they will work with Leftist LGA? Dont see that happening. Especially in a coalition government

Pretty easily. If anything, it will be harder to get them to fit in with SDA.

Really? Not sure how the PP voters will take it, unless the LGA government ends up being more "centrist".

[JonHawk]

Not suprised to see PP drop out. I think they might decide the next government