– It’s very nice then, says Høyre – mayor of Trondheim, Kent Ranum.
The numbers speak for themselves. If there had been local elections in Trondheim today, it would have gone really badly for the Labor Party.
This is shown by a new opinion poll conducted by Norstat for NRK and Adresseavisen.
Party poll for Trondheim February 2024
Party SupportChange31.1%
H
+1,918,6%
AP
−5,516,0%
SV
+3,77,3%
R
+2,77,1%
FRP
+1,76,6%
V
+0,95,5%
MDG
−0,74,0%
PP
−0,61,7%
SP
−0,31,1%
KRF
−0,90,8%
Andre
-3.0Click on the party circle to see the full party name. Based on 605 interviews conducted in the period 12.2.24–13.2.24. Margins of error from 0.9–4.6 pp. Source: Norstat
The figures are compared with the election results in September 2023.
– We know that voters dislike conflicts and noise, says Tone Sofie Aglen. She is a political commentator on NRK.
– It seems as if the voters are satisfied with how they voted in the election this autumn. The Conservative Party is growing and Ap continues to fall in Trondheim.
Aglen believes Trondheim mayor Kent Ranum (H) can be well satisfied with these figures. And points out that we have seen similar figures in other big cities where the Conservative Party won power from Ap.
Political commentator at NRK, Tone Sofie Aglen.
Photo: Øystein Otterdal / NRK
Noisy annual meeting
Last weekend was the annual meeting of the Trondheim Labor Party. An annual meeting that was marred by motions of no confidence and accusations of a coup.
Trond Giske’s local team, Nidaros Social Democratic Forum, with over 4,500 members, used its great influence to influence the party. The leader was thrown out and Pål Sture Nilsen was given the post, while Giske himself became deputy leader, after a bench proposal completely on the spur of the moment.
After that, the Prime Minister has been on the pitch and called for calm.
NRK has tried to get in touch with the Labor Party’s mayoral candidate in Trondheim, Emil Raaen, without success, but has received a reply from the newly minted leader of Trondheim Ap.
– It is bad. This is not where we should be. We must be a party that has support, and which means that we are able to carry out policies for our voters, says Pål Sture Nilsen.
New leadership in Trondheim Ap has a goal of winning back voters. Leader Pål Sture Nilsen from the left and Trond Giske who was elected as the new deputy leader.
Photo: Bjarte M. Johannesen / Bjarte Johannesen / NRK
He has a tough task ahead, when the Labor Party will try to raise the old woman after the defeat in the autumn of 2023.
After 20 years of red-green cooperation in Trondheim, it was Kent Ranum and his right/centre coalition that took power last autumn.
Nilsen says the answer to how they should return is the same regardless of which day we ask.
– We will continue to build teams. Recruit more members and drive political development, win cases for the citizens from a more social democratically governed Trondheim.
Relief in the Right
Kent Ranum (H) has been mayor of Trondheim for just over 100 days. He is relieved that the party is advancing by 1.9 percentage points to 31.1 percent.
– It is very early in the period, but I feel we have made a good start. I feel that people have confidence in us, says Ranum.
Very nice opinion poll, says mayor Kent Ranum (H).
Photo: Bent Lindsetmo / NRK
Dislikes noise
That the Labor Party is unable to excite the voters during the day is not something special for Trondheim. In NRK’s national February poll, Ap won 17.8 percent.
– A lot can happen until the election, but it looks leaden for Støre’s party. The consolation is that many Ap voters have sat on the fence, and it is easier to win them back, says Tone Sofie Aglen, and continues:
– In Trondheim, we see that many disappointed Ap voters go to SV, and SV is breathing down Ap’s neck in several big cities.
SV’s group leader in Trondheim, Mona Berger is happy to be in charge of the Labor Party. SV gets a support of 16 per cent, while Ap has 18.6 per cent in this survey.
– It is very nice to get a good measurement, she says. Berger believes the survey shows that they are in clear opposition to those who govern the city.
Trondheim SV with group leader Mona Berger studies the figures in the new survey.
Photo: Morten Andersen / NRK
– I see that we are getting voters from the Labor Party and MDG. This means that we do not make any progress on the left side, but both SV and Rødt are doing well, and we are satisfied with that.
– What is the worst thing about this measurement?
– That there is no red-green majority, says Berger.
Not good advertising
Political commentator on NRK Tone Sofie Aglen is clear that the noisy annual meeting of Trondheim Labor Party has not been good advertising for the Labor Party.
– Riots and conflicts are poison for the parties. They lose focus on politics and the important issues, and alienate voters. In Ap, they are struggling to shake off old conflicts.
Newly elected leader of Trondheim Ap, Pål Sture Nilsen, believes the annual meeting may have influenced the opinion poll.
– I think the voters will be unsure of what we are most concerned about. Whether it is the policy or internal conditions. So in that sense, I think it has had an impact on the measurement, which comes so close afterwards, says Nilsen.
Leader of Trondheim Labor Party, Pål Sture Nilsen, says the opinion poll is far too bad for Labor Party. Now they have a job to do, he says.
Photo: Bjarte Johannesen / NRK
2024-02-16 06:00:55
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