Snifhvide at 2024-02-03 14:13:48+00:00 ID: koqlucs

Venstre used to be the farmers' right wing party, but these days not quite as much, at least not according to some of the farmers. Lars Løkke was the party leader a couple of years ago but was forced out and formed his own party, which is perhaps slightly more left-leaning than Venstre. While the majority of Venstre wanted to pursue a right-leaning government, Løkke aimed for a coalition government with the Social Democrats, which he did with his new party.

To be honest, I have felt for years that the differences between S and V are minimal. The main difference lies in the rhetoric. S and V seem to delight in criticizing each other for doing X, and then in the next term, do the exact same thing themselves. Both parties have focused on maintaining the status quo. This might change now, because of the lack of money due to the changes in the demographics.

The Conservatives have never recovered from their heyday in the 90s. They spent the 00s fighting among themselves, and for the last 10 years or so, they have tried to reinvent themselves as a conservative "light", eco-friendly party. Some wanted a more traditional or even national conservative line, and they left for the Danish Democrats.

The Liberal Alliance is a liberal right-wing party. They advocate for the usual: Less government influence, individual responsibilities and a smaller state.

The Danish Democrats are the mini version of Trump's Republicans - not in a direct sense, perhaps, but their voters are people from the rural areas, who felt overlooked. They felt that all attention and money went to the big cities, that the Folketing was full of academics who didn't know how "real people" lived, that the elderly were let down, and that there were far too many immigrants. The leader founded the party after she was expelled from Venstre for breaking a law by separating asylum-seeking child brides from their spouses.

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TLDR:

V: Right wing appeasing the big majority of voters in the center.

C: Right wing, tries to be eco friendly, would like lower taxes, better military etc.

M: Lars Løkke's way to stay in politics (his house was mortgaged to the hilt), right wing with a left tint.

LA: lower taxes, individual responsibility, less state etc.

DD: More money to rural areas and old people, less immigrants and harder punishment for criminal immigrants.