Sweden’s nationalists lead polls for first time

A survey by opinion pollsters YouGov published in Sweden’s Metro newspaper on the 20 August 2015 suggested that 25.2% of those questioned would now vote for the nationalistic Sweden Democrats party, who were calling for dramatic cuts in immigration to Sweden.

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