Poll: Even the Right-Wing Voters Say No to the LPP Reform

Only one party resisted the tidal wave No to the LPP reform. And that’s by a whisker. According to the Tamedia exit poll, the Green Liberal electorate said yes by a timid 51%.

Everywhere else, it is rejection that prevails. A particularly cruel observation for the bourgeois camp that fought for the revision. However, there are 53% no votes for the PLR, 64% for the Centre and even 70% for the UDC. This is barely less than the Greens (74%) and the PS (84%).

While refusal prevails everywhere, there are some differences. For example, men (37%) were a little more convinced by the project than women (29%). In terms of age groups, 18-34 year-olds were the most in favour, even if the yes vote was only 41%. Finally, we note that the lower the household income, the more massive the no vote.

As for the argument that won out, it was money. 33% of those who said no did so because they refused the reduction in the conversion rate, which would mean a reduction in pensions. 26% said no because they did not accept that new salary deductions be taken from low incomes.

Cities’ No to Biodiversity

It’s a little surprise. The Biodiversity Initiative was certainly received more favourably by the urban electorate than by the rural electorate, but the result would have been a rejection of the text anyway. Although the no vote was not as massive as that of the rural electorate, 69%, there was still a majority of 52% in the cities to reject the proposal.

At the party level, we are in a classic left-right situation. The electorate most in favour of the text is that of the Greens (81%), followed by the socialists (64%). The Green Liberals are divided: 56% yes against 44% no. In the rest of the bourgeois parties, the initiative had no chance. 77% no in the Centre, 81% in the PLR ​​and a record of 86% in the UDC.

It should also be noted that women (40%) were slightly more attracted to the text than men (34%). And only one category of people was in the majority in supporting the text, that which unites voters who have completed higher education with 52% of yes votes.

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Florent Quiquerez has been a journalist in the Switzerland section since 2015. Specializing in politics, he primarily covers federal news. Previously, he worked as a parliamentary correspondent for Radios Régionales Romandes.More info

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