Direct Democrats (Sweden)
The Direct Democrats (Swedish: Direktdemokraterna, DD) is a Swedish non-affiliated neutral political party, based on the principles of liquid democracy, a form of direct democracy.
Direct Democrats Direktdemokraterna | |
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Abbreviation | DD |
Founded | 4 April 2014[1] |
Ideology | Direct democracy E-democracy |
Political position | Big tent |
Website | |
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The Direct Democrats believe that the electorate should be able to directly influence their DD representatives by voting on political issues and policy proposals through the Internet.[2] The party received 0.08% of the vote in the 2018 general election, making it the fourth largest party with no representation in the Riksdag.[3]
History
The Direct Democrats party was approved by the Swedish Election Authority April 4, 2014.[1] This new party was a merger of three direct democracy parties; Demoex, Aktiv Demokrati, and Äkta Demokrati.[2] DD's short-term goal was to introduce the idea of direct digital democracy (DDD) in Sweden by running for election in 2014. The party received 0.02% of the vote in that year's election[4].
Digital democracy application
The Direct Democrats party voted in the end of 2016 to use a system for digital democracy being developed by the Swedish non-profit, iGov.Direct® Foundation to be released ahead of the Swedish 2018 September election.
Results (number of votes) in the general election of Sweden
References
- Liljegren, Jonas (n.d.). "Den 4e april godkände valmyndigheten partiets ansökan om registrering av partibeteckning" (Blog). Aktiv Demokrati. Retrieved 21 June 2016.
- Rosengren, Lina (27 August 2014). "Ny teknik öppnar för direktdemokrati". CIO (in Swedish). Retrieved 21 June 2016.
- "Röster - Val 2018". Swedish Election Authority. Retrieved 19 November 2019.
- "Röster - Val 2014". data.val.se. Retrieved 2019-11-19.
Further reading
- Aagård, Martin (31 August 2014). "Svenska småpartier 7: Direktdemokraterna". Aftonbladet (in Swedish).
- "Direktdemokraterna vill att folk ska ha mer makt". Sveriges Radio (in Swedish). 25 August 2014.
- Håkansson, Johan (29 July 2014). "Se upp, nu kommer Direktdemokraterna". Norrländska Socialdemokraten (in Swedish). Norrbottens Media AB.