25 (12.9%) and scored 17.5% in the 2018 elections, and most recently, 20.5% in the 2022 elections. Figure 51 illustrates the growth of the Sweden Democrats at the national level over the past 25 years. Vot F e ig s u h r a e r 5 e 1 s . o T f h t e he Sw Sw ed e e d n e D n e D m e o m c o ra c t r s a ’ t v s o in te n s a h t a io re na o l v e e l r e t c im tio e n . s 20.5 17.5 12.9 20 15 SD vote share 10 5 5.7 2.9 1.4 .4 0 1998 2002 2006 2010 Year 2014 2018 2022 Source: Va T lfo h r e sk v n e in r g t s i p c r a o l gr li a n m e m r e e t p s r f e ak s t e ab n la ts d 2 th 01 e 8 S :2 w 9. eden Democrats´entry into the national parliament. Note: The vertical line represents the Sweden Democrats’ entry into the national parliament. While the Sweden Democrats have collaborated with other parties at the local level, its past extremist ties long constituted an impediment to any collaboration with mainstream(centre-)right-wing parties on the national level. Furthermore, the party’s anti-immigration stances clashed with the rest of Sweden’s political parties, which previously had“strived to make immigration a non-salient issue in their competition for voters”. 345 Today, the immigration issue is highly salient in Swedish politics. Anti-immigration stances are mostly framed within debates about gang and honour crime. While political parties across the ideological spectrum now take stances towards immigration and crime, it remains the Sweden Democrats’ main issue. In its party manifesto, the first discussed issues are crime and punishment, gang crime, crime victims, the police, terrorism, integration, migration and problems related to honour(crime). 346 Among its more radical current standpoints, the party advocates not only deporting foreign criminals, but also withdrawing residence permits and, where possible, Swedish citizenship of immigrants who commit serious offenses. 347 It further advocates stopping asylum immigration from countries outside Sweden’s The transformation of the mainstream right and its impact on(social) democracy 141