{"id":123538,"date":"2026-09-01T07:43:14","date_gmt":"2026-09-01T07:43:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/123538\/"},"modified":"2026-09-01T07:43:14","modified_gmt":"2026-09-01T07:43:14","slug":"why-voter-turnout-is-low-in-switzerland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/123538\/","title":{"rendered":"Why voter turnout is low in Switzerland"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>        Although voter turnout in Switzerland is low by international standards, very few eligible voters never go to the polls at all. However, some groups remain consistently under-represented.\n<\/p>\n<p>        This content was published on    <\/p>\n<p>        September 1, 2026 &#8211; 09:00\n<\/p>\n<p>You may also be interested in our article exploring voter turnout and electoral participation in Switzerland in an international context.<\/p>\n<p>\n    More<\/p>\n<p>    <img src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/636914124_highres.jpg\" width=\"1300\" height=\"867\" alt=\"Elections in Bern: People are queuing outside a building.\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"auto\"\/><\/p>\n<p>        More    <\/p>\n<p>        Swiss democracy\n        <\/p>\n<p>        Why voter turnout is so low in Switzerland    <\/p>\n<p class=\"teaser-wide-card__excerpt\">\n<p>                        This content was published on                    <\/p>\n<p>                        Aug 7, 2026                    <\/p>\n<p>                Swiss direct democracy is often seen as an example for the rest of the world. Yet only a minority of eligible Swiss voters go to the polls.            <\/p>\n<p>    <a class=\"teaser-wide-card__link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.swissinfo.ch\/eng\/swiss-democracy\/why-voter-turnout-is-so-low-in-switzerland\/91842518\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><\/p>\n<p>            Read more: Why voter turnout is so low in Switzerland<br \/>\n    <\/a><\/p>\n<p>How does Switzerland\u2019s system of direct democracy actually work? Find out more in our background feature.<\/p>\n<p>\n    More<\/p>\n<p>    <img src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/How-Switzerlands-political-system-of-Direct-Democracy-works.jpg\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" alt=\"vote\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"auto\"\/><\/p>\n<p>        More    <\/p>\n<p>        Swiss democracy\n        <\/p>\n<p>        How Swiss direct democracy works    <\/p>\n<p class=\"teaser-wide-card__excerpt\">\n<p>                        This content was published on                    <\/p>\n<p>                        Mar 31, 2025                    <\/p>\n<p>                What do direct democratic tools like popular initiatives and referendums really entail? And how has this unique system evolved over time?\u00a0            <\/p>\n<p>    <a class=\"teaser-wide-card__link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.swissinfo.ch\/eng\/swiss-democracy\/how-swiss-direct-democracy-works\/89073820\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><\/p>\n<p>            Read more: How Swiss direct democracy works<br \/>\n    <\/a><\/p>\n<p>        Articles in this story    <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Although voter turnout in Switzerland is low by international standards, very few eligible voters never go to the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":123539,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[4],"tags":[5461,327,2177,69,334,2178,17,335,21740,332,330],"class_list":["post-123538","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-switzerland","tag-beat-swiss-democracy","tag-direct-democracy","tag-parliament","tag-politics","tag-production-type-adaptation","tag-referenda","tag-switzerland","tag-type-video","tag-user-need-explain-it-to-me","tag-vertical-video-9x16","tag-video"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ch\/117194667031689679","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/123538","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=123538"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/123538\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/123539"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=123538"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=123538"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=123538"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}