Voter Base
Ideologically KD is a centre-right Christian democratic party, historically having a big part of its voter base among those who belong to evangelical fellowships known in Sweden as free churches—Pentecostals, Methodists, Baptists, etc.—together with likeminded Lutherans (such as Göran Hägglund and Mats Odell). These churches have many followers in Småland, which is the party's politically strongest region. Important voter groups are senior citizens, families and citizens that belong to the upper-middle class. The party's political message has been called "neo-liberalism with a human face"—mirroring the fact that economic liberalism constitutes an important part of the Swedish Christian Democrats' program.
The party is a member of the European People's Party (EPP).
Read more about this topic: Christian Democrats (Sweden)
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