DN/Ipsos: Reduced support for S and C to be in government

In the election on September 13, the parties on Magdalena Andersson's side received 176 seats, compared to 173 for the Tidö parties. Despite the upper hand, there is still no new government in place. Magdalena Andersson has been voted down in a prime ministerial vote and on Tuesday it is time for C leader Elisabeth Thand Ringqvist to meet the same fate.

So far, the voters seem not to be impressed with the way the government is being formed. The red-green parties are losing support in public opinion and have now been outrun by the parties on the right.

A recent poll from DN/Ipsos shows that fewer and fewer want to see the Social Democrats and the Center Party in a future government. Immediately after the election, 55 percent answered that they want S to be part of the new government, now that figure has dropped to 49 percent. For C, the corresponding figures have decreased from 52 to 47 percent.

- It is probably the result of the fact that it is the two parties that have probed for a new government. The electorate rarely looks beyond the media's reporting and the picture is that the formation of the government has come to a complete standstill, says Nicklas Källebring, opinion analyst at Ipsos.

The picture is strengthened by the fact that there are fewer now than after the election who want to see Magdalena Andersson as prime minister, while there are more who want Ulf Kristersson to remain in that position.

For the Left Party, the results of the survey mean that the party has not been punished during the ongoing government formation. The V leadership has been pushing hard since the election with its demand to sit in the government that depends on the party's mandate, and so far the voters seem to be on board. There are as many who now want the Left Party to be included in a future government as there were after the election, 25 percent.

- It should be seen as an indication of how the Left Party's voters perceive that the party leadership manages the process of government formation, says Nicklas Källebring.

The moderates have had tailwinds in several surveys recently, and this also applies to this one. More voters want M to be part of a future government compared to after the election. The same applies to both the Sweden Democrats and the Christian Democrats.

- The winds of opinion are blowing in the Tidö parties' direction. There are just as many who want to see the Moderates in the next government as the Social Democrats, says Nicklas Källebring.