Sverigedemokraterna i kommunerna 2006 ? En empirisk studie av de kommunala förhållanden som gynnar partiet
Högerextrema partierSverigedemokraternaPopulismNationalismKommunala förhållandenSocial sciencesSamhällsvetenskaperPolitical and administrative sciencesStatsvetenskapFörvaltningskunskapSocial SciencesLaw and Political Science
The Sweden Democrats achieved great progress in the latest election in the Swedish municipals. The party is now closer than ever concerning reaching the Swedish parliament. This thesis examines the Sweden Democrats in the Swedish municipals with the aim to find out which municipal factors that led to their progress. By looking at the percentage share of unemployment, the percentage share of foreigners, the percentage share of education, average income, traditional political colour, average age, criminality, early representation of a party hostile to foreigners, the municipal type and the sickliness in the municipals I find out which factors explain the progress of the Sweden Democrats. The thesis is an empirical quantitative study build on statistics by the help of regression analysis and diagrams. On the whole when looking at and summarizing all of the 145 municipals with Sweden Democrat representation I find significant effects when it comes to criminality, education level, average age, the percentage share of foreigners, average income and sickliness. The result of the study generally says that the Sweden Democrats benefit with municipal factors such as: higher criminality, lower average income, lower education, higher sickliness, lower average age and lower percentage share of foreigners.