Politics
In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the SVP which received 21.54% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the FDP (17.6%), the SP (17.17%) and the Green Party (12.72%). In the federal election, a total of 1,678 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 49.6%.
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Famous quotes containing the word politics:
“Every two years the American politics industry fills the airwaves with the most virulent, scurrilous, wall-to-wall character assassination of nearly every political practitioner in the country—and then declares itself puzzled that America has lost trust in its politicians.”
—Charles Krauthammer (b. 1950)
“A baby changes your dinner party conversation from politics to poops.”
—Maurice Johnstone (20th century)
“The politics of the exile are fever,
revenge, daydream,
theater of the aging convalescent.
You wait in the wings and rehearse.
You wait and wait.”
—Marge Piercy (b. 1936)