Politics
In the 2011 federal election the most popular party was the SPS which received 34.5% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the CVP (19.3%), the SVP (13.0%) and the Green Party (7.3%).
The SPS received about the same percentage of the vote as they did in the 2007 Federal election (31.4% in 2007 vs 34.5% in 2011). The CVP retained about the same popularity (23.9% in 2007), the SVP retained about the same popularity (14.9% in 2007) and the Green retained about the same popularity (10.0% in 2007). A total of 9,538 votes were cast in this election, of which 138 or 1.4% were invalid.
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