He was a member of the Tjóðveldi (Republican Party) until 26 May 2011, and left after disagreements with the leader of the party and the other members of the Løgting from Tjóðveldi regarding their work with preparing a bill for a Faroese constitution (Faroese: Stjórnarskipanaruppskotið) [REF].
At the Danish general election, 2015 Skaale was a candidate for Javnaðarflokkurin again; he received 2495 personal votes and became the top scorer of all candidates of all parties in the Faroe Islands and was one of two candidates who got elected [REF].