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Lost its place as leading party?

The article says:

When this did not work any longer in the early 90's, the party was blamed for irresponsibility and between 1991-1994 lost its place as leading party of Sweden.

But Elections_in_Sweden states that the party had 37.6% of the votes in 1991 voted Social Democrats, whereas the second party, the Moderate Party, had only 21.9%. What is meant by 'lost its place as leading party'? I replaced leading by governing. If this is incorrect, please explain what is. Gerrit ^CUTEDH 11:17, 13 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Good point. In 1991, four right/center parties formed a coalition government with a total of 46.6 % of votes, with Carl Bildt , from Moderaterna , as prime mininster. So the social democrats lost their place as governing party of Sweden. So you are correct in the change. --Fred-Chess 12:55, 13 Jun 2005 (UTC)

No mention of immigration position?

Immigration is one of the most important issues in Europe, yet this page makes no mention of the word. 140.251.127.34 (talk) 21:23, 25 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

It's not one of the main focal policy points of S/SAP, but if you want to add something and you have good sources, you're more than welcome to add it. ZlatanSweden10 (talk) 15:23, 12 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Social democracy, democratic socialism, both?

The party clearly states in its statutes that the ideology is social democracy and democratic socialism^[1], this is meant to represent the party at large as it has clearly a mixture in the membership and policies between identifying as social democrats and/or democratic socialist, which is represented by an internal left and right faction. Thereby it is fair to mention both ideologies as it reflects the party at large, in this case both ideologies should be added.

On a technical note, there has been previous edits years ago regarding the ideologies. Personally I added democratic socialism to the article on 29 January 2023‎, way before it was removed on 9 June 2024. Therefore, I will revert it back and then we can have a discussion. Since ZlatanSweden10 was the one beginning to remove, I would like to hear why it's being removed and what you may have to propose for us to reach a consensus on this article. I'm not here for an edit war, I'm here for the truth.

Best regards, TheSwedishEditor — Preceding unsigned comment added by TheSwedishEditor (talk • contribs) 09:51, 20 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

This is a WP:PRIMARY issue. There is a problem with using only the party's own description, especially since I haven't been able to find any independent reliable sources that say that democratic socialism is their ideology. I have no objection to including it if you can find independent WP:RS that support it. Sjö (talk) 10:48, 20 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

^ Socialdemokraterna. 2021. Stadgar (Swe). Gothenburg, Sweden.https://www.socialdemokraterna.se/download/18.3f90c56a17cdfa72a674896/1636295004211/Stadgar%20antagna%202021.pdf

[1] Socialdemokraterna. 2021. Stadgar (Swe). Gothenburg, Sweden.https://www.socialdemokraterna.se/download/18.3f90c56a17cdfa72a674896/1636295004211/Stadgar%20antagna%202021.pdf

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