Politics
In the 2011 federal election the most popular party was the SPS which received 28.1% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the CVP (21.3%), the SVP (18.8%) and the FDP (13.3%).
The SPS received about the same percentage of the vote as they did in the 2007 Federal election (28.4% in 2007 vs 28.1% in 2011). The CVP retained about the same popularity (25.7% in 2007), the SVP retained about the same popularity (20.0% in 2007) and the FDP retained about the same popularity (13.1% in 2007). A total of 542 votes were cast in this election, of which 9 or 1.7% were invalid.
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