Voting has begun for the 2022 parliamentary election! Crowds began to form in the early hours at polling stations across the country, with many eager to exercise their democratic right before heading to work.
And it is no exaggeration to say that it is chaos out there for commuters near polling stations.
The polls close at 8pm tonight, but by the looks of it, most of the country has already voted!
Health reform is an important point of discussion in recent days
Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said in the last televised debates before the big day that she and the leader of the Moderates, Lars Løkke Rasmussen, will probably, if they are part of the majority after the election, agree on reforming the healthcare system.
First results from the Faroe Islands… and it’s one-all
The Faroe Islands went to the polls on Sunday, and as expected, it is one member of parliament, with one supporting the red bloc and the other the blue bloc. One of them is Anna Falkenberg, who will be only the second woman in history to represent the islands – the first since 2001. She will support Blå Blok. However, three other Faroese women have previously won representation in the Folketing, but not as the islands’ representative members of the Folketing. The attendance, as is usual on the islands, was small.
SF wants a psychiatric boost
Since Denmark’s psychiatric sector has been in desperate need of an upgrade for a long time, the Socialist People’s Party (SF) announced that the party will allocate DKK 35 billion to the area over the next eight years. The party claims the delay in mental health measures is crippling the nation in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Many are still unsolved
A new poll conducted by Megafon for TV2 claims that more than one in seven voters have not yet decided who they will vote for when the polls open. The number is higher than in previous elections, and part of the explanation lies in the fact that Danes now have up to 14 parties to choose from. Undecided voters mostly lie within the red block.
Inflation a big issue for voters
The economic situation engulfing Europe is one of the main topics of debate on the current election stage. The various proposals for dealing with inflation (ranging from easing aid to tax cuts) are issues of huge interest to voters and could serve as a deciding factor in the election.
Incendiary LGBTQ+ remarks
Elif Gökce, the parliamentary candidate of the Christian Democrats, has been banned from speaking on behalf of the party, and also from participating in several debates, due to homophobic comments that linked LGBTQ+ people to pedophilia.
Pape power on social media
Conservative leader Søren Pape Poulsen is the politician who has spent the most funds nationwide on advertising on social media during the election campaign so far. From October 15 to October 22, Poulsen spent DKK 502,006.
Source: The Nordic Page