Politics
In the 2011 federal election the most popular party was the Swiss People's Party (SVP) which received 34.9% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the Conservative Democratic Party of Switzerland (BDP) (20.3%), the Social Democratic Party of Switzerland (SP) (13.1%) and the Evangelical People's Party of Switzerland (EVP) (7.4%). In the federal election, a total of 1,099 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 44.6%.
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