Swiss Elections & Politics (Next election 2019)

[Yeahsayyeah]

Wouldn't a minimum wage be the better instrument to solve the wage-dumping problem, if it really exists? So it is just another addition to the perception that a majority of the swiss people is spured on by xenophobic paranoids. And xenophobic paranoids is most probably part of this story as well, though seeing it as an anti-growth-of-all-costs-referendum would be more comfortable and some of the yes-votes come from that perspective which would, of course, a more comfortable way to look at it.

[Yeahsayyeah]

It is a brief analysis of the referendum results concerning "opening"/international integration of and immigration to Switzerland) classified by location ("Stadt" (urban) - orange/ "Agglomeration"  (suburban, metro area)/ - red "land" (rural) - grey). The results of each voting group are compared to the overall results (in percentage points)


The main point is that suburban voters have become more isolationist over time compared to the mean.