Politics
In the 2011 federal election the most popular party was the SPS which received 28.5% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the SVP (27.2%), the CVP (18.2%) and the FDP (8.4%).
The SPS improved their position in Veveyse rising to first, from second in 2007 (with 24.7%) The SVP moved from first in 2007 (with 30.2%) to second in 2011, the CVP lost popularity (24.0% in 2007) and the FDP retained about the same popularity (9.8% in 2007). A total of 4,473 votes were cast in this election, of which 61 or 1.4% were invalid.
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