Viktor Barth-Kron
The Liberals seem to be getting an electoral run together with other parties, writes Viktor Barth-Kron.
The Liberals’ party leader Simona Mohamsson seems to need her well-known good mood, writes Viktor Barth-Kron.
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The only measurement that matters is the one that takes place on election day, the party secretaries usually say.
It is not correct. At least not for the parties themselves.
An extra good opinion poll can do wonders for the inner life, while an extra bad one can set forces in motion that have been dormant until now.
The Liberals’ 1.8 percent in SVT/Verian need not mean anything. The change is within the margin of error. But try telling that to your local liberal.
1.8 percent!
As far as is known, no established party has ever performed so poorly with a serious polling institute.
It is closer to zero votes than to the parliamentary deadlock.
Above all, it is very close to the point where the Liberals cannot even be separately reported in surveys, but have to join Medborgerlig samling, Alternativ för Sverige and all new Palestinian left groups in the Other parties category.
Happy new election year, populists.
Forces in the Liberals will thus be set in motion. The question, however, is what they can get to.
Change party leader? It has been just over half a year since the party had to beat itself up to find a successor at all Johan Pehrson. The market doesn’t look any better today.
Change policy? It has not even been two months since they zealously hammered out their positions before the election at the national meeting in Karlstad.
Simona Mohamsson may not have the weightiest credentials, or the greatest public confidence, but she has a well-witted good humor. Both she and the party will need that in the coming months.
Viktor Barth-Kron is a political commentator at Expressen.
