{"id":16212,"date":"2026-08-26T16:26:53","date_gmt":"2026-08-26T13:26:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/?p=16212"},"modified":"2026-08-26T16:26:53","modified_gmt":"2026-08-26T13:26:53","slug":"swedens-muslim-voters-stay-firmly-left-wing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/swedens-muslim-voters-stay-firmly-left-wing\/","title":{"rendered":"Sweden&#8217;s Muslim Voters Stay Firmly Left-Wing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Previously unpublished figures from the Novus polling firm, as reported by <em>The European Conservative<\/em>, demonstrate that 61.6% of respondents who identify as Muslim support the Social Democrats, while the Left Party draws 18.7% of Muslim voters. The Green Party captured 4.9% support, bringing the combined total for the three left-wing parties to 85% among Muslim respondents.<\/p>\n<h2>Government Coalition Struggles for Muslim Support<\/h2>\n<p>In sharp contrast, the governing Moderate Party received merely 2.1% support from Muslim voters, according to the Novus data reviewed by Fokus magazine. The Christian Democrats and Liberals fared even worse, attracting 1.5% and 0.2% respectively. Together, these three coalition parties garnered just 3.8% of Muslim voter preferences.<\/p>\n<p>The data reveals that <strong>the Sweden Democrats<\/strong> stand as a notable exception within the right-of-center political landscape. The party secured 10.4% support among Muslim respondents\u2014more than double the combined backing received by the other three government parties.<\/p>\n<h2>Pattern Reflects Longstanding Political Alignment<\/h2>\n<p>The polling figures, examined by <em>The European Conservative<\/em>, broadly align with established voting patterns that have characterized Swedish electoral politics in recent years. The concentration of Muslim voters within left-wing parties represents a significant demographic factor in Sweden&#8217;s evolving political landscape.<\/p>\n<p>The stark disparity in support levels underscores the challenges facing centre-right and conservative parties in expanding their appeal among Muslim communities, while also highlighting the Sweden Democrats&#8217; comparatively stronger position despite their immigration-skeptical platform.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:right\"><em>With information from <a href=\"https:\/\/europeanconservative.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The European Conservative<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Swedish Muslims overwhelmingly support left-wing parties with 85% backing Social Democrats, Left Party and Greens, while governing coalition parties receive only 3.8% support, according to Novus polling data.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":39,"featured_media":16211,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[122],"tags":[1627,12380,12326,12381,6617,187],"nfg_topic":[134],"class_list":["post-16212","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-left-party","tag-moderate-party","tag-muslim-voters","tag-political-alignment","tag-social-democrats","tag-sweden","nfg_topic-europe"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16212","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/39"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16212"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16212\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16220,"href":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16212\/revisions\/16220"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16211"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16212"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16212"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16212"},{"taxonomy":"nfg_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/nfg_topic?post=16212"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}