TV4 Nyheterna has asked the research company Verian, (formerly Sifo) to ask the Swedish people whether the debate climate in Swedish politics has become too harsh in recent years. The result: a majority of voters 57 percent agree. But it is not gender, income, education level or whether you are unemployed or where you live that seems to be decisive – here the answers are relatively evenly distributed. Instead, there are two other factors – age and which party you vote for.
Older people more dissatisfied
Among those over 65, 69 percent believe that the debate climate has become too harsh, while among those under thirty the corresponding figure is 44. When it comes to party affiliation, it turns out that centrist parties to the greatest extent think that the debate climate has become too harsh – closely followed by the other opposition parties. Among Tidöpartierna’s voters, there are fewer who believe that the debate climate has become too harsh. The lowest figure shows moderate voters, where 47 percent think it has become too harsh.
The Tidö parties less dissatisfied
The measurement is made so that those who answered can also distance themselves from the statement. Those who answered therefore do not agree that the debate climate has become too harsh in recent years. Here, too, there are big differences between the parties. Only two percent of the center parties disagree with this, while 19 percent of the Sweden Democrats’ voters do not think that the debate climate has become too harsh.
The question asked was: How well do you agree with or disagree with the following statement about the Swedish political debate climate: The debate climate in Swedish politics has become too harsh in recent years.