Kalmar is one of Sweden's oldest cities.
With its 71,000 inhabitants, the municipality is neither very large nor really small.
A kind of average municipality.
And for decades, Kalmar has been the municipality that best reflects the results of the parliamentary elections.
With one year left until the election, it is a development that worries the parties: the fact that the difference between how men and women intend to vote has never been as great as it is now.
According to Novus' latest opinion poll, it would be a walking victory for the right-wing alternative in the Riksdag if only men were allowed to vote.
And just the opposite, if only women were allowed to vote, because then the current government base would have a clear majority.
One of the parties that has lost the most male voters is the Social Democrats.
- The most important thing for a party is to collect as many votes as possible.
It is clear that the Social Democrats would like more votes, both from women and men, says Peter Akinder (S), chairman of the community building committee in Kalmar.
If the Kalmarites often seem to blow in the same political direction as the average Swede, can one then say something about what winds we can expect before the election in a year? Hear the Kalmarites' views on the matter in the video above.