Just a week ago, the Denmark Democrats collected well over the 20,182 voter declarations needed to secure a place on the ballot – only eight days after Inger Støjberg founded the party.
Now, less than a year after being sued, sentenced, sentenced to prison and thrown out of the Folketing, Støjberg and her new party are ready to reshape the Folketing.
In it first vote Since the Danish Democrats were nominated for election, the party had the support of 10.8 percent of those polled – it was only surpassed by the Social Democrats, the Left and the Conservatives.
This is despite the fact that Støjberg’s party still has no official agenda, program or platform.
“I believe and hope it is because the Danes know well where I stand and what I want to fight for,” says Støjberg. TV2.
The fallout from the Mink Commission
The new poll comes a few weeks after the Mink Commission’s report, which concluded that Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen had acted illegally when he ordered the mass killing of the country’s mink – a finding that ultimately led to the Radicals threatening a no-confidence motion if no vote was taken. election per. October 4.
Although it is still unclear whether the Prime Minister will bow to Radicals’ demands, the latest poll suggests that ‘Minkgate’ has steered voters away from Frederiksen and her party.
According to the poll, the Social Democrats stand to get 21.7 percent of the vote – a decrease of 2.9 percentage points compared to the previous poll and 4.2 percentage points from the election in 2019. This corresponds to a loss of nine seats in the Folketing.
Blue block is growing
According to the opinion poll, Støjberg’s resurgence – and Frederiksen’s fall – could give the ‘blue bloc’ the opportunity to recapture the Folketing.
Overall, the right-wing parties in the blue bloc are 3.1 percentage points ahead of the election in 2019. The Conservatives and the New Citizens’ Party in particular have improved, although both have lost some voters to the Denmark Democrats in recent weeks.
At the same time, the Moderates get a large enough piece of the pie to push one coalition in the majority, which potentially gives Lars Løkke Rasmussen the opportunity to play kingmaker.
Danish People’s Party the biggest loser
The Danish People’s Party has been the exception on the right.
Since February, the party has lost 11 of its 16 seats in the Folketing, where Kristian Thulesen Dahl, Søren Espersen, Peter Skaarup and Dennis Flydtkjær jump ship, some are in Støjberg’s party.
According to the poll, only 1.7 percent of Danes intend to vote for the party, which means that if elections were called today, the party would not reach the threshold of getting any seats in the Folketing.
Source: The Nordic Page