Unfortunately it’s true. A lot of voters in Copenhagen moved further left, but for the entire country it seems that the Social Democratic Party lost voters in both directions, giving the mayor titles to the right wing coalitions. The small populistic parties gobble up the votes and point them to the Mayor candidates from the Liberal Party (which is right wing). The population as a whole appears to move to the right.
On the bright side, municipal level elections like this are in no way comparable to the usual party politics of national elections.
There’s much more collaborating across party lines and much larger internal differences in the parties due to the local situations that they deal with. The personal votes are more important than the party. The small populistic parties don’t get much say in the end, when they only have their own members to represent them in the city councils. Most decisions will still only be possible as collaboration between the largest parties from both sides of the middle.
Unfortunately it’s true. A lot of voters in Copenhagen moved further left, but for the entire country it seems that the Social Democratic Party lost voters in both directions, giving the mayor titles to the right wing coalitions. The small populistic parties gobble up the votes and point them to the Mayor candidates from the Liberal Party (which is right wing). The population as a whole appears to move to the right.
On the bright side, municipal level elections like this are in no way comparable to the usual party politics of national elections. There’s much more collaborating across party lines and much larger internal differences in the parties due to the local situations that they deal with. The personal votes are more important than the party. The small populistic parties don’t get much say in the end, when they only have their own members to represent them in the city councils. Most decisions will still only be possible as collaboration between the largest parties from both sides of the middle.