Talk:Opinion polling for the 2026 Swedish general election

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"Blue-Yellow bloc"[edit]

The term "Blue-Yellow bloc" that's used in the article for SD, M, KD and L seems to be mainly used in right-wing media (see Bulletin [1], Nyheter Idag [2], Riks [3]). The reason for other media not using the term is probably that "blue-yellow" is colloquially used to mean "Swedish" (after the colors of the Swedish flag).

A more commonplace term is "the Tidö parties" ("Tidöpartierna") which is used by media from all across the political spectrum (including all the three sources mentioned above). I suggest that the term "Blue-Yellow bloc" in the article is replaced by "the Tidö parties". Bokhyllan45 (talk) 10:43, 8 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Tidö parties?[edit]

It is not explained anywhere what are Tidö parties. 82.147.226.240 (talk) 15:02, 28 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Yes it is, right below each table. Also, the headers already give away which parties are meant with that term. Gbuvn (talk) 14:02, 30 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Demoskop seat projections[edit]

I was just adding the latest poll and updating the graphical summary when I noticed that the source I had for the Demoskop poll didn't provide seat projections, and looking back on the few most recent Demoskop polls in the article, the sources they cite don't include any either. I've added a "citation needed" to the most recent Demoskop poll's seat projections, but I'm wondering if they should remain or be removed. I'd be greatly appreciative if anyone can provide sources showing that Demoskop does seat projections or if they have a third party do so (verifying the numbers on the article in the process) or if these numbers are just estimates by wikipedia edits based of the 1 d.p. rounded poll results. GlowstoneUnknown (talk) 06:01, 19 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Wait Nevermind, sorry, Aftonbladet publishes seat projections, I'll just correct the citations where necessary GlowstoneUnknown (talk) 06:07, 19 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Nope I was right, several of the Demoskop polls link to an article that gives no seat projections and I'm unable to locate articles that do, I've managed to find projections for the 2024 polls (although I did need to correct one of them since it was seemingly just estimated by someone without a username), but two polls from 2023 (and possibly more) don't have official seat projections, so I've tagged them as "citation needed" and linked to this talkpage. GlowstoneUnknown (talk) 06:38, 19 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hello - I am the person who is "estimating" the seat projections. I am using an Election Calculus Simulator based on the modified D'Hondt method which, as far as I'm aware, is near enough or actually the method used to allocate seats for the Riksdag.

The website is here : https://icon.cat/util/elections# I use an electorate of 1000 to account for one decimal place of polling percentages and calculate the seats based on the results. It appears to give a fairly accurate reflection of the situation. If polls do not produce seat projections I think it only right that we give some kind of indication of what seats may go where if the table is to be complete and/or comparative.

I stop by this article every so often, look forward to any fruitful discussion that may come of this.

Cheers 81.103.233.35 (talk) 22:15, 16 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Whoops wasn't logged in. Mocyoung (talk) 22:16, 16 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

PS: I just double checked the accuracy of the seat projector by comparing what it spat out for the percentages for the 2022 election with what the seat allocation was and it is accurate except it has given S 108 instead of 107, and it's given KD 18 instead of 19 - I can only assume this is a percentage rounding thing as it says only 99% of votes have been cast. However I think that within 1 seat out of 349 is fairly accurate. Mocyoung (talk) 22:22, 16 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]