This exit poll survey was carried out in connection with the parliamentary election on September 19, 2010. Earlier exit poll surveys has been carried out in connection with the parliamentary elections in 1991, 1994, 1998, 2002 and 2006, the referendum on Swedish membership of the European Union in 1994, the referendum on Swedish membership of the European Union in November 1994, as well as the referendum on Sweden joining the EMU in 2003, and the Swedish elections to the European Parliament in 1995, 1999, 2004 and 2009. Voters leaving the polling stations were asked to fill in a questionnaire including questions on: party voted for in the general and local elections; time for decision how to vote; own political opinion in agreement with the opinion of political party voted for; preferred formation of the government after the election; party voted for in the general election 2006; opinion on the Swedish EU membership; placement on a political left-right scale; confidence in Swedish politicians; gender, age, occupational group, union membership and church attendance. The respondents also had to indicate... more

This exit poll survey was carried out in connection with the parliamentary election on September 19, 2010. Earlier exit poll surveys has been carried out in connection with the parliamentary elections in 1991, 1994, 1998, 2002 and 2006, the referendum on Swedish membership of the European Union in 1994, the referendum on Swedish membership of the European Union in November 1994, as well as the referendum on Sweden joining the EMU in 2003, and the Swedish elections to the European Parliament in 1995, 1999, 2004 and 2009. Voters leaving the polling stations were asked to fill in a questionnaire including questions on: party voted for in the general and local elections; time for decision how to vote; own political opinion in agreement with the opinion of political party voted for; preferred formation of the government after the election; party voted for in the general election 2006; opinion on the Swedish EU membership; placement on a political left-right scale; confidence in Swedish politicians; gender, age, occupational group, union membership and church attendance. The respondents also had to indicate how important a number of items were for the decision how to vote, as well as the importance of the party leader. less