Sweden's Far-Right Party Sees Modest Poll Gains
Pietro Decristofaro & Jan M. Olsen / AP
(STOCKHOLM) — Sweden’s ruling party was headed for its worst showing in decades as voters flocked Sunday to an anti-immigrant party with white supremacist roots that was poised to become the third-biggest force in parliament.
With more than four-fifths of ballots counted, Sweden’s national election commission reported the governing Social Democrats had 28.1 percent of the vote, making it likely to lose a significant number of seats despite emerging with the most support.
The Moderates party was next at 19.2 percent, while the far-right Sweden Democrats that before the election inspired fear of an anti-migrant backlash that would produce a dramatic ideological swing had 17.9 percent.
Read more at: http://www.time.com/5391233/sweden-democrats-election-far-right/
Forget the negative descriptions, they did well... could have been better.
