people become less sceptical towards gays and lesbians the more neo-nazis and radical muslisms attack them. Nobody wants to be allied with right wing extremists. Unfortunately this sometimes spills over to mainstream muslims.

There is a big chance that our Social Democratic party will face a defeat in the elections 2006, for the first time since 1991. The liberal/moderate conservatives have a very popular leader who has soften the image of the biggest right wing party (does it sound familiar?) and has repeatedly stated his support for the welfare state (it just need to be "reformed", i.e. smaller).

However, "right wing" in Sweden and the rest of Scandinavia is something like "moderate centrists" in the US. Bush would get 10% of the vote. The younger people are also much more left than the rest of the population. They distrust authoritarianism and love Michael Moore.