Sweden election 2022

[Antonio the Sixth]

Well, this is bad. Truly a rotten streak of elections around the world lately, and we know this is just the warm-up for Italy. Hopefully Brazil will be the circuit breaker.

SVT estimates between 200k-250k absentees outstanding, counting of which will continue through Wednesday. M is actually the party closest to getting an additional mandate, so it could go back to 176-173

Do absentees usually lean one way or the other in Sweden?

[Antonio the Sixth]

Asking again:

Do absentees usually lean one way or the other in Sweden?

[Antonio the Sixth]

For the long-term prospects Swedish politics, it's probably better to have a razor-thin right-wing coalition of chaos shambling around for a while, giving voters a chance to come back to their senses while minimizing the risk of far-right policies being enacted. Unfortunately, this isn't happening in a vacuum, and having a party that likely got funding and support to Putin (even if now they're posturing as pro-NATO) in government isn't exactly a great sign. Of course there's a far bigger domino piece about to fall...