“The party I usually vote for has had a lot of scandals and it got annoying,” he says when he comes out into the drizzle at City Hall Square in Copenhagen after voting.
This time there was a change of party and what ultimately made the decision were issues that are important to him as a new parent, such as a well-functioning preschool and the environment.
Partner Marie Brostrøm, on the other hand, did not find it as difficult to decide as in previous elections, because this time she has studied more than she usually does. She hopes for a green government without interference from the Moderates.
They appreciate that the Danish election campaign this time has not been as dominated by migration politics as the previous ones.
– Now we have talked about climate and healthcare and that is important, says Marie Brostrøm.
“A Small Punishment”
The Copenhagen couple Annette and Jan Andersson, who explain the non-Danish surname by the fact that they are third-generation immigrants from Sweden, have reacted against Social Democratic Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen’s way of governing Denmark through the pandemic.
Both say they have lost their sympathy for her during the past term and recall the mink scandal.
Annette and Jan Andersson took the dog Miwa to the polling station. Both have lost sympathy for Mette Frederiksen during the past term.
– She gets a small punishment and she will get that from many, says Jan Andersson, who in this election has taken a step to the left.
— She is talented, but she has acted with authority. And I don’t think she has done enough for the healthcare system, which is in ruins, says Annette Andersson, who describes that she has instead taken a step towards the middle.
“Crazy hard”
Pernille Rose, who has voted in the Hareskovhallen in Værløse outside Copenhagen, has taken her task as a voter very seriously and really tried to familiarize herself with what the parties stand for. She has not followed the election debates, but listened to podcasts after them. Nevertheless, it has been tough.
“It’s been really hard,” she says.
Pernille Rose has had “crazy difficulty” deciding.
She thinks that Løkke’s Moderates have complicated the situation. For the first time in her life, she has changed “blocks”, from the red to the blue. But she does not dare to guess who will be Denmark’s next prime minister.
– I have no idea.
Carpenter Henrik Sørensen has voted as he usually does, but thinks that the election campaign has been divided.
— It is fragmented. There are many parties, we will see tonight if some of them fall away.
Henrik Sørensen thinks that the Danish election movement has been divided.