For decades, any election in which the party won less than 45% of the vote was viewed as a disaster. Now the Social Democrats’ popular support hovers at around 30%, and the last two elections yielded the worst results in a century.
但瑞典当前的政治乱局也植根于长期变化，而这在某种程度上体现了更广泛的欧洲趋势。其中之一是曾经拥有主宰地位的社会民主党的结构性衰落。几十年来，社会民主党只要在选举中无法获得45%以上的选票，就会被认为是一场灾难。如今，社会民主党的民众支持率在30%左右，前两次选举更是创造了一个世纪以来的最差结果。