Things have been going well for Listhaug and her party for a long time. And therefore there is more and more reason to listen to the words she repeats today: – We have said that it is natural that the largest party gets the prime minister. Just to see. All the other graphs are a long way from the dark blue that shows the FRP’s support in the survey Norstat did for news and Aftenposten in November. National party barometer November 2024 What would you vote for if it were Storting election?Party SupportChange25.3%FRP+3,321.0%H−1,717.5%AP−1.89.3%SV+0.35.4%SP+0.55.3%R−0.94.4% V−1.63.5%MDG02.9%KRF+0.55.4%Andre+1.1Click on the party circle to see the full party name. Based on 1,000 interviews conducted in the period 12.11.24–16.11.24. Margins of error from 1–3.4 pp. Source: Norstat Of the “other” parties, the INP is the largest with 2.0, the Norwegian Democrats second largest with 1.1. Most of the survey points the FRP and Listhaug’s way: the FRP is the largest party and more than doubles the Storting group, the FRP and Høgre would just have a majority in the Storting alone with 85 representatives, 25 percent want the FRP, more than the 23 percent who point to the government party Ap and Q But Listhaug says that for her the post of prime minister is not the decisive factor: – The most important thing is actually politics, we wants a completely new course for Norway, emphasizes the candidate for prime minister. DISSATISFACTION: FRP leader Listhaug met school pupils in Lom in the interior this week. There is great dissatisfaction with the closure of secondary schools, and many are now pointing the finger at the FRP. Photo: Reidar Gregersen / news – Is Frp the biggest because you are good at stirring up people’s discontent? – No. I think people see that the FRP is absolutely necessary if you are to get a new course. Ap and Høgre have become quite similar to each other in some areas. FRP bids for a fight – There is a right-wing wave in Norway, and people want a change, says another candidate for prime minister, Høgres Erna Solberg. THE DESIRE TO FIGHT: Senior manager Erna Solberg. Photo: Ksenia Novikova / news But Solberg has no intention of sitting still and letting the FRP sail by. – It is good to have a bourgeois majority, but we will probably invite the FRP to a bit of a battle for the voters. They may have been a little better than us at coming up with their rhetorical issues. – So this is about Listhaug being a good rhetorician? – I think there is a difference between Høgre and Frp. We agree on a lot, but in some areas we are preoccupied with ensuring long-term, good development, and that we have coverage for our proposals. Høgre does not promise more than we can deliver. – Does the FRP do that? – I don’t think they necessarily have coverage for all their proposals, but we can have a friendly discussion about that. While Listhaug refers to Høgre and Ap as too similar, Solberg thinks the voters must understand that Høgre is a more responsible alternative than Frp. – I think the FRP hits on a spirit where people want very different politics than the government offers. But Høgre offers a safer policy. Because we know we can deliver on what we promise. – Can you accept Listhaug as prime minister? – We’ll have to take that when we get this far. Høgre has its prime ministerial candidate, Frp has its own, says Solberg, and at the same time emphasizes that she believes no party has “absolutes” on these issues. FRP leader Listhaug does not accept claims about a party that offers excesses and short-term solutions. – No, what the FRP is doing is pointing out concrete misprioritizations in Norwegian society, she says and lists green industry, immigration, aid and bureaucracy. Representatives in the Storting Distribution of seats in the Storting if the November poll was an election. Compared to today’s Storting.The Progressive PartyFRP48+27HøyreH37+1ArbeiderpartietAP35−13Socialist Liberal PartySV17+4RødtR10+2SenterpartietSP10−18VenstreV80Christian People’s PartyKRF2−1Green PartyMDG2−1AndreANDRE00−11,000 interviews conducted in the period 12.11.24–16.11.24. Margins of error from 1–3.4 pp. Source: Norstat Venstre and KrF’s dilemma The Liberal Party and KrF have both positioned themselves clearly on the right and want Erna Solberg as prime minister. NJA: No crisis. But there have been more fun measurements to comment on for a Liberal leader. Photo: Jonas Been Henriksen / news And Venstre leader Guri Melby has definitely smiled wider when she has looked at a political graph than she does when she studies this one. The left is going backwards, and in today’s figures the party is not needed to ensure a change of power. But it is a special political exercise to focus positively: – We are going to have a change. Then the voters can influence what kind of shift it will be. – But this poll shows that there is a majority for a FRP-Høgreregjering? – It is clear that there is a difference between whether such a government is made up of Høgre and FRP or if the Liberal Party is involved. All the voters who want a change, and at the same time want aggressive climate policy, stronger international cooperation, more focus on security and liberal values, must know their visit time now. – If your choice is between supporting Støre or Listhaug then? – We have pointed out that it is most natural that Høgre gets the prime minister. A prime minister must be able to gather a broad majority behind him. A prime minister from Høgre can do that, and that is also what we can stand behind. KrF leader Dag-Inge Ulstein’s point is about the same: – It is clear that people want a change, but we must move that policy towards the centre. We point to the centre-right. And Høgre leader Solberg believes that more than two parties are needed if the right side is to replace Jonas Gahr Støre after the election in 2025. – It is easier the fewer parties that are needed, but I think that on election day we will see that one is needed or two parties more than Høgre and Frp. Published 19.11.2024, at 18.00
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