Switzerland's Political Map Moves To The Right

This calendar month the populist right-wing Swiss People's Party (UDC) won a tape 29.4% of the vote inwards the Federal Elections inwards Switzerland, making it the biggest political party inwards the National Council, the lower menage of the Federal Assembly of Switzerland. The UDC's victory has largely been seen equally a consequence of the European refugee crisis, amongst the UDC's anti-immigration opinion proving pop amongst many Swiss voters.

Le Temps has mapped out the per centum of votes won past times the UDC inwards each of Switzerland's cantons. La card du vote UDC en Suisse is a choropleth map showing the percentage of the vote won past times the UDC across Switzerland. The map reveals that the political party performed peculiarly good inwards German linguistic communication speaking areas. It likewise seems to accept done good inwards the suburbs or outskirts of large towns as well as cities.