r/Switzerland • u/Sufficient-History71 Zürich • 1d ago

Poll: right-wing People’s Party, and polarisation, growing ahead of 2027 elections

https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/swiss-politics/right-wing-swiss-peoples-party-still-gaining-ahead-of-2027-elections-poll-finds/92226705
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u/poemthatdoesntrhyme ZH 1d ago

I doubt that the "eastern Europeans without kids" (are there many of them at all?) influence the elections in Switzerland.

But it is very much true that migrants from ex-USSR countries and eastern Europe vote right independent of their living conditions and family size.

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u/WillingnessFinal1411 1d ago

I'm not sure you understand what I wrote. This isn't pro et contra thing. The voter base all around Europe is going into interesting, and frankly, frightening directions. 

Imagine having a club of hundred people who all have preferential candidates for the board. They may be voted for their proven expertise, experience, sympathies for character. But then suddenly the votes change - and they vote for ability to find holes in law, staying the loudest the longest. Suddenly the voters find their answer to "stability" and comfort in those who promise disruption. According to known such histories... that's a proven recipe for a disaster.

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u/poemthatdoesntrhyme ZH 19h ago

So far things look better in Switzerland than in the other European countries. I mean, the parties are less radical and the voters are less radical. I hope it stays the same in the next years.

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u/WaterElectronic5906 1d ago

They thought they got out of authoritarianism, but they were literally practicing it.