Swiss voters reject proposal to cap population at ten million
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Re: Swiss voters reject proposal to cap population at ten million
#2In case people were wondering about the result of that thread which made the front page a few days ago…
Re: Swiss voters reject proposal to cap population at ten million
#3In case people were wondering about the result of that thread which made the front page a few days ago…
Re: Swiss voters reject proposal to cap population at ten million
#4> Swiss citizens have rejected by a 55% majority...
This is still very close for comfort, and SVP will re-propose it again and again and again as it and it's predecessors have done for decades.
Re: Swiss voters reject proposal to cap population at ten million
#5> Swiss citizens have rejected by a 55% majority... This is still very close for comfort, and SVP will re-propose it again and again and again as it and it's predecessors have done for decades.
Only 58% of the voters voted.
55% no is… ok? Typical for such votes?
But of course, the SVP have been launching the same initiative since the 70s, they are unlikely to stop now.
Re: Swiss voters reject proposal to cap population at ten million
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Re: Swiss voters reject proposal to cap population at ten million
#7> Swiss citizens have rejected by a 55% majority... This is still very close for comfort, and SVP will re-propose it again and again and again as it and it's predecessors have done for decades.
Only 58% of the voters voted. 55% no is… ok? Typical for such votes? But of course, the SVP have been launching the same initiative since the 70s, they are unlikely to stop now.
The issue is this means in aggregate only around 3-5% of the total population needs to flip in it's opinions for CHexit to happen - which is very doable over two election cycles.
A 55% win with 58% turnout despite how this vote was front and center of media discourse is very worrisome as this shows how disengaged the other 42% are.
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> political right, the anti-abortion people
Anti-immigrant. It’s an immigration cap.
> reduce global human growth for climate preservation, are opposed?
Pro-EU. The cap is within half a million of the current population and pretty much immediately set to trigger consultations.
I actually deliberated on this one and landed against because of how proximate the cap was set and the pretty horrible tone of the pro-cap side’s marketing.
Re: Swiss voters reject proposal to cap population at ten million
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It is about immigration, not population control.
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I'm assuming that this is a proxy for an immigration debate if that's how the left and right split