Sweden's opposition parties widen lead in polls ahead of elections

The lead Sweden's opposition parties have in the polls ahead of September's election is widening, according to the latest poll from Indikator Opinion done on behalf of Swedish Radio News.

The opposition parties are now at 53.9% against 44.2% for the governing parties and the Sweden Democrats. The Liberals lost another 0.4 percentage points in the latest poll, falling to 2% which is far below the 4% required for representation in the Riksdag.

The government needs some sort of game changer to turn things around ahead of the September 13 election, says Indikator's head of opinion Per Oleskog Tryggvason. ...