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FLYING VOTERS: In a new political poll, Jonas Gahr Støre and the Labor Party get historically poor support. Photography: Håkon Mosvold Larsen, NTB Scanpix
The Labor Party is for the first time in history during the 1920s in Opinion polls. At the same time, the party is also losing voters to the MDGs.
In the poll conducted for FriFagbevegelse, Dagsavisen and Avisenes Nyhetsbyrå, the Labor Party falls from support of 24.6 percent in August to 19.9 percent in September, writes FriFagbevegelse.
The poll was conducted in the next few days after the drama at the Trøndelag Labor Party annual meeting.
Trond Giske resigned as a candidate for county leader, after being nominated unanimously. Giske declined to make bench proposals and also said no to re-election at the Storting. Ingvild Kjerkol was elected the new leader of the Trøndelag Labor Party.
Election Investigator: – Sad
– This seems sad for the Labor Party. It’s definitely a measure of impact, says election researcher Johannes Bergh from the Department of Social Research to FriFagbevegelse.
He believes that the drama in the Trøndelag Labor Party has been a contributing factor in the party now having little support.
– There has been an absence of positive news about the game. No focus on political issues that appeal to voters. Here, too, the party loses in all aspects of the matter. Both those who support Giske, those who wanted him not to be elected, and those who do not care at all about the case, believes Johannes Bergh.
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Party Secretary Kjersti Stenseng also believes the recent unrest may have contributed to the drop in support.
– This is a very bad poll for the Labor Party. We have had a time with many internal disturbances and difficult problems. We know that this affects voters and polls, Stenseng tells Frifagbevegelse.
Labor Party leader Jonas Gahr Støre has previously told VG that he believes the future of the party will be easier now that Trond Giske has announced that he is getting involved in politics.
– I think all the attention that is related to the person and Trond Giske, which he points out and that I also see. These are questions that have nothing to do with politics. I think it’s good that we are there at the end of the road, to use his words, Støre said.
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Still mostly red-green
Despite APS’s 4.8 percent decline from the previous survey, there is still a solid red-green majority in the survey. The Labor Party, the Socialist People’s Party and the Socialist People’s Party have yet to get the Reds or the MDGs to form a majority.
MDG is the big winner of the poll with support rising from 2.9 percent in August to 7.5 percent now.
Party support in percentage (variation from August in parentheses): Conservatives 27.0 (-0.7), Labor 19.9 (-4.8), Sp 16.0 (+0.9), Frp 10, 3 (+0.4), MDG 7.5 (+2.9), SV 6.9 (+0.8), Red 4.4 (+0.1), KrF 3.9 (+0.6) and Left 2.5 (-0.6).
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Must be greater than 30 percent
On the VG party barometer for August, the Labor Party went ahead and got as much as 25.5 percent, and rejoined the largest party in the country. The party no longer needed the support of the Red and the MDGs.
Aps Party Secretary Kjersti Stenseng was satisfied.
– We are experiencing increased support for both the party and a red-green government. We are very happy with that, Stenseng told VG.
Stenseng has said that the Labor Party should be above 30 percent.
