Wednesday, 12 September 2018

Sweden Elections 2015 what is the real story about gains for the far right?

Sweden recent held elections.
what is the real story about gains for the far right?

Starting points
As a starting print IFES has a general guide in English to the electoral system
Get official information on the operation of the electoral system from the Swedish government website Valmyndigheten
It includes recent results - note that some materials are offered in Swedish only.
Statistics Sweden also has some results in Swedish
Swedish National Election studies collects surveys. data on voter behavious. Its website provides some free access  to data and reports covering voter behaviour and attitudes from recent and some older national and European eelctions in Sweden

Conduct
Election observation- OSCE send a mission for the first time

Analysis
newspaper analysis from Politicos
EUROPP - LSE blog
Local Sweden news in English.
The Conversation blog.


Data on the rise of the far right in Europe
New York Times  interactive graphs.
Radical right success and mainstream parties’ anti-immigrant policy shifts useful analysis from Democratic Audit.
European Data Journalism