An icy wind blows over Teie torv in Færder municipality. Fortunately, the election campaign is a few months away. Then presumably the temperature will rise both politically and weather-wise. Hopefully, the discussions will not only be about times of crisis and electricity prices, hopes deputy mayor Richard Fossum (Sp). RUNNING FOR ELECTION: Richard Fossum (Sp) is running for election in both Færder municipality and Vestfold county. Photo: Vegard Lilleås / news He would like to talk about local issues with the voters. That is why he also prefers not to be visited by the most famous national politicians. – We probably won’t invite Vedum. The Trygve effect is gone, says Fossum, who stands for election in both the municipality and the county. A completely unusual situation It is a cunning strategy, believes election analyst Svein Tore Marthinsen. – This government is extremely unpopular, he states. WONDERFUL STRATEGY: Election analyst Svein Tore Marthinsen thinks the local politicians are wise not to invite anyone from the government. Photo: Privat It was Alltinget.no that mentioned the case first. Increased prices for electricity and food attract a lot of attention nationally. This results in low support for the two parties in government. Out in the districts, things are going better for both the Center Party and the Labor Party. news’s opinion poll for March showed that. There, the Center Party received 9.1 percent of the vote when people had to vote locally. But in a general election, only 7.2 percent would vote for the same party. HAPPY: School students secured Sp leader Trygve Slagsvold Vedum’s own snow sculpture in the town square in Hamar in 2022. Photo: Jorunn Hatling / news Marthinsen therefore believes it is an advantage for the Labor Party and the Center Party to keep the local election campaign as local as possible. – So Vedum and Støre don’t drag the local politicians into the mud too much, he says. Normally, it would be an advantage to get national travel assistance. But now the situation is special for the two governing parties, the election analyst believes. Disagreement in the party – I think that statement from the election analyst is a bit strange. That is according to parliamentary leader Marit Arnstad (Sp), who points to good measurements out in the districts. Arnstad and the other party leaders plan to travel around as before. She has great faith that they will have a terrific election campaign. DISAGREE: Marit Arnstad is the parliamentary leader of the Center Party in the Storting. Photo: Siv Sandvik / news – But where we are not welcome, we will of course not go, she emphasizes. Currently, Arnstad is not aware of any other local teams that agree with Fossum in Færder. Thanks to the Trygve Senterpartiet, it got a lot of tailwind in the elections in both 2019 and 2021. Fossum believes Vedum had much of the credit for that. In the municipal council in Færder, they went from two to five SP politicians. It also gave the Center Party in Vestfold a place in the Storting for the first time in 24 years. This resulted in No to EU leader Kathrine Kleveland in the Storting. POPULAR: Kathrine Kleveland sits in the Storting for the Center Party in Vestfold. Photo: JOHN-ANDRE SAMUELSEN / news Local politician Richard Fossum (Sp) would like to visit her. – She is good at talking our local and regional issues into national politics, he believes.
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Local politicians do not want visits from Støre and Vedum – news Vestfold and Telemark – Local news, TV and radio
