Here is an interesting take on the the Swedish referendum results I haven’t seen elsewhere:<\/p>\n
Sun September 14, 2003 08:28 PM ET<\/p>\n STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Sweden dealt a stunning blow to the undecided movement today in a referendum on Sweden's proposed entry into the European Monetary Union, with an overwhelming 97.4% of voters voicing a clear opinion. Only 2.1% of voters were unable or refused to hold an opinion, a stunning collapse from the nearly 20% predicted by polls only a few weeks ago.<\/p>\n Although fully one third of ballots made available at polling stations had the word \"blank\" printed on them, voters shunned these in droves, instead stuffing either the \"yes\" or \"no\" ballots into their voting envelopes. With a tip of the hat to the Here is an interesting take on the the Swedish referendum results I haven’t seen elsewhere: Undecideds routed in Swedish EMU referendum Sun September 14, 2003 08:28 PM ET STOCKHOLM (Reuters) – Sweden dealt a stunning blow to the undecided movement … Continue reading Undecideds routed in Swedish EMU referendum<\/b><\/p>\n
\"See if I care,\" said Apatipartiet (ap) leader Stig Sl\u00f6str\u00f6mming, who maintained a a defiantly indifferent stance in the wake of the defeat. \"If Swedes want to hold clear views about politics, they're welcome to them. Just leave us out of the EMU debate.\"
But when pressed to explain the collapse of the apathist vote in the final few weeks before the referendum, Sl\u00f6str\u00f6mming admitted mistakes were made. \"We didn't run a good campaign. Or any campaign at all, for that matter.\"
Analysts tonight were pinning some of the blame on a party leadership divided between the don't knows and the don't cares. Asked which faction Sl\u00f6str\u00f6mming belonged to, he replied only, \"Don't know, don't care.\"
But what is clear from the result tonight is that many of the party rank and file only pretended not to care, when in fact they were steadily forming opinions which they had no qualms about voicing today.
The Swedish result is sure to boost the opinionated across Europe. Already tonight Welsh Defeatist Party leader Eurof Uppington came out in favor of opinions, though he assured his supporters he would only choose unelectable ones.<\/code><\/p>\nimicable<\/strike> imitable<\/a> The Onion.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"