NOT FAR from central Stockholm lies Stora Essingen, a sleepy(宁静的，安静的) island covered with lush trees and pretty houses. For years its residents voted overwhelmingly(压倒性地，绝大多数) for the Moderate Party, Sweden’s mainstream conservatives. But since 2022, when the party entered a power-sharing pact with the hard-right anti-immigrant Sweden Democrats (SD), voters have signalled their displeasure at its alliance with the hitherto pariah.(但自2022年该党与强硬反移民的瑞典民主党达成权力分享协议以来，选民们对其与这个昔日弃儿的联盟表示不满。)
距离斯德哥尔摩市中心不远，坐落着Stora Essingen，一个绿树成荫、房屋美丽的宁静岛屿。多年来，这里的居民绝大多数投票给温和党，即瑞典的主流保守派。但自2022年该党与强硬反移民的瑞典民主党（SD）达成权力分享协议以来，选民们对其与这个昔日弃儿的联盟表示不满。
Instead voters have shifted towards(转向，转移向) the centre-left Social Democrats, whose activists are knocking on doors(挨家挨户敲门（拉票）) ahead of the general election on September 13th, in the hope that(希望……) it can keep the SD out of the next government. Many voters in places like Stora Essingen view their country as a sensible(明智的，理性的), liberal and cosmopolitan(世界性的，国际化的) democracy. The election will test whether that idea of Sweden wins out(最终获胜，胜出)—or whether, having had a taste of(尝到了……的滋味) anti-immigrant populism, Swedes want more of it.
相反，选民转向了中左翼的社会民主党，其活动人士正为9月13日的大选挨家挨户敲门，希望能让SD远离下一届政府。像Stora Essingen这样的地方的许多选民将自己的国家视为一个理性、自由和世界主义的民主国家。这次选举将检验瑞典的这一理念能否胜出——或者说，在尝过反移民民粹主义的滋味后，瑞典人是否想要更多。
The SD argues that it has tamed(驯服，控制) (or expelled) its most extreme elements. Its logo, once a blazing(燃烧的，炽热的) torch, is now a blue-and-yellow flower. In the election in 2022, amid anger over(在……的愤怒中) a surge(激增，涌动) in migration a few years earlier, it became the biggest right-wing party in parliament and backed a government headed by(由……领导) Ulf Kristersson, the leader of the Moderates; the SD got policy influence, but no ministerial(部长的，内阁的) jobs. Today Mr Kristersson promises the SD cabinet roles(内阁职位) if the coalition is re-elected.
瑞典民主党声称它已驯服（或驱逐）了其最极端的分子。其标志曾是一把燃烧的火炬，如今变成了一朵蓝黄色的花。在2022年大选中，由于对几年前移民激增的愤怒，它成为议会中最大的右翼政党，并支持了由温和党领袖乌尔夫·克里斯特松领导的政府；SD获得了政策影响力，但没有部长职位。如今，克里斯特松先生承诺，如果联盟再次当选，将给SD内阁职位。
