Printing companies are producing thousands of posters as we speak. Political commercials have started to appear on buses, on TV, and in newspapers. The elections are expected to be called soon, sometimes before early October. What are the latest polls saying?
- Socialdemokraterne (45 mandates); SF (15 mandates); Enhedslisten (13 mandates); Radikale Venstre (11 mandates) = Total of 84 mandates for the “red” parties
- Venstre (26 mandates); Konservative (21 mandates); DD-Inger Støjberg (20 mandates); Nye Borgerlige (8 mandates); Liberal Alliance (7 mandates); DF (4 mandates) = Total of 86 mandates for the “blue” parties
- The 5 mandates for Lars Løkke’s Moderaterne will decide if we will have a red or blue government.
- 34% of the people in Denmark think that the current prime-minister, Mette Frederiksen, is doing a bad job, while 43% think she is doing a good job. It changed a lot since the pandemic, when 79% thought she is doing a good job and only 5% were saying she is doing a bad job.
- The following five issues will be the most important in the soon-to-be elections – Hospitals and health (33%); Environment and climate (24%); Economy (22%); Mental health (16%); Refugees and immigrants (13%).