Electoral Politics
It is often believed that the party is situated on the left on a left-right scale due to its cooperation with the social democrats. While the right-left scale is primly based on which social group a party has its support base in, the Green Party bases its ideology on the idea of human race survival – which not is an idea belonging to a particular social group. The party cooperated in a red-green coalition with the center-left Social Democrats and the left-wing Left Party from October 2008 until the 2010 elections in September 2010 and has vowed to cooperate with the Socialdemocrats until 2020. In several municipalities, however, the Greens cooperate with liberal and conservative parties, and the party does not define itself as left, nor right. Rather, they place themselves on one end of a scale between sustainability and growth. In an article published in 2009, Maria Wetterstrand, then party co-spokesperson, defined the party as a natural home also for green-minded social liberals and libertarian socialists, by referring to its liberal policy regarding immigration and its support of personal integrity, participation and entrepreneurship, among other issues.
As of 2006, the party is in opposition in Sweden, and its prioritized issues are climate change, anti-discrimination and equal rights.
In the European Parliament election, 2009, the Green Party received 11.02% and elected 2 MEPs.
| Group | Votes (%) |
Avg. result +/− (pp) |
|---|---|---|
| Students | 19 | +9 |
| Members of SACO | 16 | +6 |
| Aged 18–21 | 16 | +6 |
| Aged 22–30 | 16 | +6 |
| First-time voters | 16 | +6 |
| Government employees | 12 | +2 |
| Public sector employees | 12 | +2 |
| Local government employees | 12 | +2 |
| White-collar workers | 11 | +1 |
| Employed persons | 11 | +1 |
| Members of TCO | 11 | +1 |
| Females | 11 | +1 |
| Unemployed | 10 | 0 |
| Private sector employees | 9 | -1 |
| Males | 9 | -1 |
| Aged 31–64 | 9 | -1 |
| Blue-collar workers | 9 | -1 |
| Business owners | 8 | -2 |
| Raised outside Sweden | 7 | -3 |
| Members of LO | 7 | -3 |
| On sick leave | 7 | -3 |
| Aged 65+ | 4 | -6 |
| Farmers | 4 | -6 |
| All groups (total) | 10 | 0 |
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