Was wird aus der Demokratie, wenn Abstimmungskämpfe mit Fahlschinformationen und blanken Lügen bestritten werden statt mit lauteren Argumenten? Das fragen @marlonrusch.bsky.social und ich in der neuen @zeit.de
www.zeit.de/2025/42/volk...
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Assistant Professor @unil.bsky.social, Switzerland │ Swiss & Comparative Politics, Democracy, Political Institutions, Federalism, (Intergovernmental) Lobbying │ Also @leewas.bsky.social @chplusplus.bsky.social │Views my own
Was wird aus der Demokratie, wenn Abstimmungskämpfe mit Fahlschinformationen und blanken Lügen bestritten werden statt mit lauteren Argumenten? Das fragen @marlonrusch.bsky.social und ich in der neuen @zeit.de
www.zeit.de/2025/42/volk...
Wahlrecht ab Geburt? Im Alter irgendwann erlöschende politische Rechte? Und wie treibt die Elite die Polarisierung voran? Im Doppel durften wir im Interview @larissa-rhyn.bsky.social und Sandro Benini die Schweizer Politik zur Legislaturhalbzeit vermessen www.tagesanzeiger.ch/wahlrecht-ob...
03.10.2025 05:25 — 👍 14 🔁 1 💬 2 📌 0🙏🏾
03.10.2025 03:50 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0#firstgen
02.10.2025 20:23 — 👍 15 🔁 1 💬 2 📌 0✋Es gibt wohl kaum ein soziales Gebilde, das derart besungen, glorifiziert, belächelt oder verdammt wird wie der #Verein.
www.tagesanzeiger.ch/vereine-schw...
🇪🇺🇨🇭For a long time, most voters in Switzerland hardly cared about the country’s relationship with the EU.
Now, in the wake of Trump’s 39% tariff bombshell, it has surged to become the 3rd most important issue for voters!
Healthcare costs remain top concern
Just revealed by @leewas.bsky.social
🚨 New Bright Line Watch report on state of US democracy
brightlinewatch.org/violence-red...
-Expert ratings ~= since April but ↓ substantially since January
-US now most closely resembles an illiberal democracy
-Partisan gap in democracy ratings highest since 2017
Full thread of results below
Already ahead of Switzerland’s 2023 elections, rising healthcare costs were the single biggest concern.Yet the far-right still secured its 2nd-best result ever.
Now @leewas.bsky.social shows: a clear majority of voters across ALL parties favor a unified public health insurance #Einheitskrankenkasse
Campaign spending breakdown (official disclosure):
Pro tax break for homeowners:
CHF 7.1 million
Against:
CHF 0.5 million
According to Année politique suisse, this marks the largest imbalance in pro vs. contra spending since Switzerland introduced mandatory disclosure rules #chvote #Eigenmietwert
Ha! This is both very interesting and funny! In fact, it makes for a neat prognosis: what is (or was) avant-garde in early-adopting Berlin will, sooner or later (say, about 10 years later) make its way to Switzerland...!
29.09.2025 15:12 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Wow,amazing! Thanks so much! I have indeed 1st come across the „Lastenrad“ in your outstanding book. While I might say that it has not yet reached this amount of pol symbolism in Switzerland, we do have other objects, and your book made me practicing their identification as personal „Volkssport“! :)
29.09.2025 05:12 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0Morgens im IC1 über den #Röstigraben pendelnd: Laut @seanstmllr.bsky.social wurde die vereinte Romandie gestern zum genau 30. Mal seit Bundesstaatsgründung überstimmt
Meine Empfehlung an meine deutschsprachigen compatriotes: #chvote -Analysen aus der Westschweiz lesen
Grafik: @marcbrup.bsky.social
Update: Voters in the city of Zurich approved a ban on leaf blowers outside the fall season.
Q for @lwestheuser.bsky.social & other sociologists: is there literature on how everyday objects become emotionally charged (pos. or neg.), often for one specific voter segment? Laubbläser, Lastenrad, SUV..
Big surprise in Switzerland: In the canton of Bern, a stronghold of the far-right SVP, voters just approved a popular initiative from the left forcing landlords to disclose the previous rent when tenants change. In the near-complete absence of an actual campaign due to a lack of financial resources
28.09.2025 14:05 — 👍 24 🔁 10 💬 1 📌 0Campaign spending breakdown (official disclosure):
Pro tax break for homeowners:
CHF 7.1 million
Against:
CHF 0.5 million
According to Année politique suisse, this marks the largest imbalance in pro vs. contra spending since Switzerland introduced mandatory disclosure rules #chvote #Eigenmietwert
Die legendäre @leewas.bsky.social -Abstimmungsnadel tickt und tickt….
….mit aktuell knappem Ja zur E-ID (± 1.4%)
cc @tagesanzeiger.bsky.social
@peligro.bsky.social @marcbrup.bsky.social
@yannickwiget.bsky.social
@mathiaslutz.bsky.social #chvote #abst25 #EID
Ballot after ballot, #directdemocracy shows us where representation did not work.
Take today's vote on a tax break for homeowners: @leewas.bsky.social polls suggest it is largely supported by homeowners, a group with a strong lobby. Renters tend to oppose it, with ≈60% being renters in Switzerland
Ballot after ballot, #directdemocracy shows us where representation did not work.
Take today's vote on a tax break for homeowners: @leewas.bsky.social polls suggest it is largely supported by homeowners, a group with a strong lobby. Renters tend to oppose it, with ≈60% being renters in Switzerland
Tomorrow is voting day in Switzerland, with proposals on the ballot at the federal, state & local level
Ever wondered how much power Swiss #directdemocracy gives to its voters? Just look at the city of Zurich, where citizens will decide whether to ban leaf blowers outside of fall season #Laubbläser
Lesen Sie unsere #POLITKOLUMNE? Und haben Sie Lust, mit uns zu diskutieren?
Zum 2-jährigen Jubiläum unserer Kolumne dürfen Adrian Vatter & ich in "Der Bund im Gespräch" auftreten, moderiert von Chefredaktor @cellmob.bsky.social
Es würd uns SEHR freuen, Euch zu sehen! www.derbund.ch/der-bund-im-...
So lieb von Dir, Maiken! Danke Dir herzlich! 😘
25.09.2025 06:23 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Very honored to receive this prestigious best teaching award – given to only 4.6% of all courses at @unibe.ch!
This recognition is dedicated to all our students who joined the field trip to Berlin – I will never forget this week together with my mentor, PhD supervisor, and friend Adrian Vatter
Danke Dir sehr, Reto!
24.09.2025 19:21 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Ganz herzliche Glückwünsche, lieber Reto – und ganz ä guete Start!!!
24.09.2025 08:10 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0🚨📢 I am hiring a PhD candidate /research assistant in Swiss Politics and/or Comparative Politics (100%)!
🚨📢 Je recrute un·e assistant·e diplômé·e en science politique en politique suisse et comparée!
Please join me @unil.bsky.social, Switzerland!
Thanks for sharing! polisky @sspunil.bsky.social
Aber sehr gerne!
23.09.2025 08:07 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Habe mich sehr, sehr fest gefreut, Dich gestern im „Echo der Zeit“ zu hören, lieber @thomaszimmer.bsky.social! Danke für die glasklaren, überaus wichtigen Einordnungen!
23.09.2025 04:49 — 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0Public pressure and protest works!
22.09.2025 20:02 — 👍 6 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0Yes, and I suppose the far-right SVP may also hope to tap into anti-growth reflexes among certain fringes of the left/green camp, splinters from the Swiss „EcoPop“-movement. (Ezra Klein, in his latest book, offers a sharp critique of such an anti-growth mentality among liberals.)
22.09.2025 17:28 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Aber sehr gerne! Ich habe Ihnen die Daten sogleich gemailt. Weiterhin eine erfolgreiche Session Ihnen!
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