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Most Norwegians believe that Trygve Slagsvold Vedum is a more suitable prime minister in a government involving both the Labor Party and the Socialist People’s Party, than Jonas Gahr Støre shows, the recent Dagbladet Ipsos poll shows. .
In the population as a whole, 47 percent believe that Vedum is the most suitable, while 43 percent believe that the leader of the Labor Party, Støre, should be prime minister.
Among the red-green voters, however, there is almost a tie between the two, with a slight advantage for Vedum.
Of those voters who say they want to vote for SV, Ap or the Center Party, 49% respond that Trygve Slagsvold Vedum should become prime minister, while 48% prefer Støre.
Breathe in the neck
In the October Ipsos poll, the Labor Party and the Center Party are also nearly equal in size. The Center Party is measured at 17.8 percent, while the Labor Party is at 19.5 percent.
Naked 1.7 percentage points separate the parties much less than a year before the parliamentary elections.
By comparison, the Labor Party received 27.4 percent support and the People’s Socialist Party 10.3 in the previous parliamentary elections, which were also a disappointing choice for the Labor Party.
– This is a measure, it’s okay to take things easy, says Trygve Slagsvold Vedum to Dagbladet.
Jonas Gahr Støre remains the prime minister of choice among the vast majority of his own voters. 75 percent think it is the most suitable.
However, also among Labor voters, 21 percent say Vedum is the most suitable.
The SP leader has the support of 79% of SP voters, while 19 of them believe that Støre is the most suitable prime minister.
Refuses to answer
Trygve Slagsvold Vedum himself refuses to answer whether he will become prime minister if the red greens win the election.
– Voters shouldn’t worry about whether it’s me, Støre, or Solberg. They must worry about problems. I hope voters think about what issues they think are important, says Vedum, pointing to police and emergency services across the country, local schools, ambulance services, and the little differences between people.
– I don’t think voters should think of names. Politicians come and go, says Vedum.
Total Confusion: – Incredibly finished
– Is it natural that the largest party in government has the prime minister?
– My point is that we should not distribute positions and have all that game around. The most important thing is the cases.
– Don’t voters deserve an answer on who will be prime minister?
– I think voters are more concerned about the issues. Then the Labor Party will have to answer for itself and I for myself, says Vedum.
County leaders in the Center Party are not so modest. Several county leaders today tell Aftenposten that the Center Party must get the prime minister if they become bigger than the Labor Party.
– Ready to lead
Støre was not available for an interview on Thursday. In a written comment to Dagbladet, he writes that he is looking forward to the long election campaign and is ready to take over running the country.
– I look forward to an election campaign in which we will show that the Labor Party has the solutions for a stronger welfare state, fair climate cuts and secure jobs. I am ready to lead a government that implements such a policy, he says.
Twists after a violent lift
MDG voters want Støre
Vedum is rock solid as a candidate for prime minister in competition with Støre across the political spectrum.
Only on the MDGs is he directly unpopular: only 2 percent of MDG voters believe that Vedum is the most suitable. Eight out of ten MDG voters point to Støre.
In Rødt, it is even between the two, with 48 percent for Støre and 44 percent for Vedum.
Vedum is preferred among Conservative and FRP voters. It is clearer in Frp, where 78 percent point to Vedum and only 11 to Støre. KrF and Venstre voters hold a button on Støre in a red-green government.
– It is not surprising that conservatives and FRP voters prefer Vedum, but I am surprised that this is the case even in SV and Rødt. If you thought politically, you’d think you’d prefer a Labor-led government over a SP-led government. It should say something about Trygve Slagsvold Vedum as a person who has appeal a little beyond party and politics, says election researcher Johannes Bergh of the Department of Social Research.
– Gretten Jens is an Aps problem
– No discussion now
While the Socialist People’s Party has said that it is running for election for a Labor / Social Democratic Party government, the Labor Party has also opened up to the Socialist People’s Party.
– The question of who will be the prime minister is not a necessary discussion for us now, in the average of the polls, the Labor Party is by far the largest party on our side, says SV leader Audun Lysbakken to Dagbladet.
– SV’s goal is a red-green government, and a strong electoral result for SV can ensure that that government is the one the country gets. If we want to fight the growing inequality of power and wealth and solve the climate crisis, we need a government of the left, not a project of the center-right with only the Labor Party and the Socialist People’s Party. If we can get others to reduce the differences and emissions, we are ready to cooperate with the Labor Party, the Socialist People’s Party, the MDGs and the Red Party.
– Keeps the door open
Johannes Bergh, on the other hand, believes that there may be real discussions about the post of prime minister.
– Yes it can. Voters often vote on which government they want and are concerned about who will become prime minister. It can play an important role. If Sp were to get bigger or equal in size to the Labor Party, I certainly think it would be a current problem.
– I think Vedum doesn’t want to lock himself in, but he keeps the door open. Sp looks at the measurements like everyone else and sees that it is not inconceivable that they could be the same size, he says about Vedum’s lack of clarification.
Infinitely worse
The party poll is also not good news for Støre. The Labor Party conducts its worst Ipsos poll at 19.5. It is 2.9 percentage points less than in September.
The Conservatives are the nation’s largest party in the October poll with support of 22.3 percentage points.
With MDG, SV and Rødt above the threshold and KrF and Venstre below, there is still a solid majority for the left.
The Labor Party, Center Party, SV, MDG and Rødt win a total of 100 seats, while the government parties and the Frp get 69.
– The most important opinion polls are those that show a stable majority for a change of government in Norway. People do not want the privatization of the right wing and greater differences, but a fairer course that guarantees jobs and well-being throughout the country, says Støre.
Believe in lifting
The new deputy leader of the Conservatives, Tina Bru, says, however, that they have not lost faith that the Solberg government will have a new term.
– We believe that conservatives, liberals, Christian Democrats and liberals will lift us up by election day next fall, Bru says in a message to Dagbladet.
A possible internal dispute over the management on the red-green side, she does not go into:
– The most important thing now is to maintain control of the coronavirus, so that we can create more jobs and include more in working life. Vedum and Støre will have to further discuss which of the two will be the prime minister for Rødt, SV, Ap, Sp and MDG, says Bru.
