SD are the Sweden Democrats.

Sweden yes!

What were they polling at around the last election?

@Jacob They were polling between 10-12%. The actual result was 12.9% in 2014.

They're the third biggest party

Okay so they're not doing too bad

They could pull an AFD this election

@StrawberryArmada They were last time too.

They were polling at like 23

They're certainly on the up and up

They've dropped.

It's still a huge gain?

With the past week or two.

Any gain is a gain

I agree.

Think about how wrong our poles were?

Now imagine that on steroids

The media in Sweden makes ours look like the word of god

so the SD are the gud guys?

The Social Democrats, Moderates, and Greens will all lose seats though. So that's somewhat redeeming.

@Goose The best among those that have the chance.

Social Democrats are the ones mostly responsible for the mess

If they lose seats

The opposition will have more

It's neck and neck. The Alliance will surely overtake them

@StrawberryArmada I'd like to think they perform better than the polls say, especially considering the stigma faced by nationalists in Sweden.

@StrawberryArmada The Alliance includes the Liberals and the Center Party.

Still better than the red-green-red alliance.

Yea the Greens and Socialist run the gov but

The numbers are already close

anything would be better tbh

If anything the Sweden Democrats will make it harder for the rest of the parties to get away with their criminality.

Maybe even make the country ungovernable.

They'll be a really strong opposition but also

Despite other parties claiming to never work with them

The SD have disrupted stuff just by being involved

They can make the other parties give up on things or redo things

Let's hope so. I would like think Sweden could be turned around though a mixture of government and nationalist movements like the NRM.

Even if the SD lose this election, the political climate in Sweden will have shifted more right, and another party, or the SD, may have a better chance of becoming majority government during the next election

I would highly encourage anyone who can do it to find time to go to one of the events listed. I understand that many of you have busy lives, however, if you can make it, it's worth it, even if you have to drive out a bit. If you don't necessarily live in the Northwest, but live close enough that you make a day drive to Seattle, you should definitely consider making the trip. For example, Northern California, Montana, Wyoming, Nevada, Utah.

Same goes for other regional events, I just mentioned the Northwest Forum because I'm local and I've attended many events here in the past