Politics
In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the SP which received 21.78% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the SVP (20.79%), the FDP (15.28%) and the Green Party (14.28%). In the federal election, a total of 17,788 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 43.1%.
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“...to many a mother’s heart has come the disappointment of a loss of power, a limitation of influence when early manhood takes the boy from the home, or when even before that time, in school, or where he touches the great world and begins to be bewildered with its controversies, trade and economics and politics make their imprint even while his lips are dewy with his mother’s kiss.”
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