For the first time ever, the Swedish Democrats backed in an election, and got to see themselves defeated by not only the Social Democrats and the Moderates, but also the Environment Party. SVT has taken part in a summary of the EU elections in 2024, where the election result is described as “a historical setback”.
In the election analysis, several possible causes are identified. For example, the fact that SD is now part of the government base and that a vote for the party is therefore not a protest against the incumbent government.
The party also points out that they failed to get more than the core voters to go and vote, and that in the future they need to knock more door and physically try to mobilize their voters.
Review affected the election results
The party is also self -critical about the strategy of attacking the media following TV4’s review of the party.
In connection with Kalla Facts’ revelation that the Swedish Democrats are running secret accounts in social media, Jimmie Åkesson (SD) gave a speech on Youtube where he called the review for a “domestic impact operation from the overall left -liberal establishment”.
– To you in this Klägg: politicians, campaign journalists, activists, do you know one thing? We are not ashamed, it is not we who have destroyed Sweden, it is not we who have transformed one of the world’s richest and safest countries into the chaos that our children are forced to grow up in. It is you who are guilty of it, Jimmie Åkesson said in a speech on SD’s Youtube channel.
Wrong to attack media
But now the party concludes that the party’s attack on the media did not benefit the Swedish Democrats in public opinion.
In the summary of the election analysis, the party writes that it is “obvious that the party in the campaign made an incorrect assessment of the possibility of motivating people to vote by attacking the media” and that “available data shows that attempts to increase the level of conflict against TV4 did not give any effect”.
Instead, the media criticism is considered to have had negative consequences for the party. According to the election analysis, confidence in “individual representatives” was damaged in connection with this.