Here are the favorites to take over M – Aftonbladet

Here are the favorites to take over M – Aftonbladet

Here is the duo who are favorites to take over from Fredrik Reinfeldt.

Anna Kinberg Batra and Catharina Elmsäter-Sword is the most popular, according to a new Aftonbladet / Sweden Likes .

– These are the two that have been highlighted most since election night, says political scientist Ulf Bjereld.

Fredrik Reinfeldt surprised many when he announced his resignation already on election night.

Since then, the hunt for his successor, launched.

Two favorites

On Monday held Moderate Party a special meeting where they decided to hold a special party conference in March next year – to select a new party leader.

Currently, the two hottest candidates team leader Anna Kinberg Batra and outgoing Minister for Infrastructure Catharina Elmsäter-Sword, according to a new survey from Aftonbladet poll Sweden Likes.

Kinberg Batra is the favorite of 17 percent of respondents, while Elmsäter -Shost get 14 percent of the vote.

have been highlighted

– This is very much about a known safety factor. These are the two that have been highlighted most since election night, both within the party and in the media, says Ulf Bjereld, S marked a political scientist.

Among those who voted for Moderates it is Elmsäter-Sword which is popular as the new M-leaders.

Second, Anders Borg – even though he has announced that he will leave the party politics – and third place will Kinberg Batra.

– This is the three candidates as the moderate sympathizers know best. What is most interesting is that it is so evenly between them – with all three within two percentage points, says Ulf Bjereld.

were right

Fredrik Reinfeldt rapid resignation on election night has aroused criticism within the party.

But the Prime Minister did the right thing, according to the survey from Aftonbladet / Sweden Likes.

Total vote 42 percent to Reinfeldt made the right who announced his resignation on election night, while 38 percent think he did wrong .

Among those who voted for Moderates the corresponding figures are 42 and 36 percent.

– There is a duality in this setting. What is interesting here is that there is no big difference between what the moderates and the other voters think, says Ulf Bjereld.

Aftonbladet have searched Anna Kinberg Batra and Catharina Elmsäter-Sword, but both have through their press secretary declined to comment on the results.