Summary
Swiss voters rejected a $5.6 billion (CHF 5 billion) motorway expansion plan (52.7%) and two proposals to ease eviction rules and tighten subletting controls (53.8% and 51.6%).
Environmental concerns and housing fairness were key to the opposition.
Meanwhile, a healthcare reform to standardize funding for outpatient and inpatient care narrowly passed (53.3%), marking a rare success for health policy changes.
The results highlight public resistance to certain government-backed initiatives.
Voter turnout was 45%.
Good for them but 45% voter turnout? Even the US has had better turnout for at least the last decade.
Yeah but how many time you had to vote during this last decade?
When you get to vote for multiple submissions every 2-3 months, turnout tends to be lower. Probably only people who hold a strong opinion about the topics of the current vote will actually vote.
Legally, every 3-4 months on the federal level.
You can add the cantonal and municipal levels. But, often, these took place at the same time.
Yeah, sometimes I skip a vote when I don’t really care about the topic. This time I voted, and I’m happy about the result.
About 80% of voters did vote over the last few years, just not every time.
Oh? Do you have a source for that? I’d really love to confirm it to be true ❤
It is a quote from the Author of Heute Abstimmung!, see here: https://www.tagesanzeiger.ch/politologin-stadelmann-steffen-im-interview-595917375269 it is the response to the question: Die Stimmbeteiligung liegt heute bei rund 50 Prozent. Ist das gut oder schlecht?
45% is completely normal here. We have votes every couple months, you vote when you’re interested.
Our “yearly voter turnout” is around 76%
Wtf? When?
OH shit 2924 was 63% turnout and 2020 was 62%. I didn’t know.