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Nursing initiative

General information
Official title Volksinitiative «Für eine starke Pflege (Pflegeinitiative)»
Voting day 28.11.2021
Voting result Accepted (60.98% Yes votes and 22.5 out of 23 votes of the Cantons)
Vote Nº 648
Legal form Popular initiative
Policy area Social and societal policy > Health > Health policy
Social and societal policy > Social security > Health and accident insurance
Economy > Employment > Employment conditions
Brief description by Swissvotes PDF (in German)
Description by Année Politique Suisse Link (in German / French)
Text subject to vote PDF (in German)
Official Chronology Link (in German)
Collection of signatures
Initiators Berufsverband der Pflegefachfrauen und Pflegefachmänner SBK
Preliminary examination PDF (in German)
Signatures 114,078
Time used to collect signatures 294 days
Success PDF (in German)
Pre-parliamentary phase
Federal Council dispatch PDF (in German)
Parliamentary phase
Item Nº 18.079
Parliamentary debate PDF / Link (in German / French)
Duration of proceedings 955 days
Parliament's position Reject
Position of the National Council Reject (74 Yes, 116 No)
Position of the Council of States Reject (14 Yes, 30 No)
Public campaign
Official explanatory brochure PDF (in German)
Position of the Federal Council Reject
Online information by the federal authorities Link Federal Council Link federal office
Explainer video by easyvote Link (in German)
Explanatory brochure by easyvote PDF (in German)
Recommendations by parties
Yes
EVP
GLP
GPS
PdA
SD
SPS
No
EDU
FDP
SVP
Free vote
Mitte
Electoral share of 'yes' camp 41.0% (Details)
Recommendations by others
Yes
SGB
TravS
VPOD
FMH
Schweizerischer Apothekerverband pharmaSuisse
Berufsverband der Pflegefachfrauen und Pflegefachmänner
Schweizerischer Hebammenverband
Krebsliga
diverse weitere Berufs- und Patientenorganisationen aus dem Gesundheitswesen
Spitex Aargau
Vereinigung aktiver Senioren- und Selbsthilfeorganisationen Schweiz (VASOS)
Unia
Alliance F
Pink Cross
Piratenpartei
ML-CSP FR
CSP OW
PCSI JU
No
Gem
KDK
SAV
SGV
Spitalverband H+
Spitex Schweiz
Verband der privaten Spitex-Organisationen (ASPS)
Curaviva
Verband wirtschaftlich unabhängiger Alters- und Pflegeeinrichtungen Schweiz (senesuisse)
Vert'libéraux du Jura bernois
EVP Jura bernois
Deviating party sections
Yes
EDU TG
JM AR
JM CH
JM GR
JM LU
JM SZ
JM TG
JM UR
JSVP BE
Mitte FR
Mitte GL
Mitte SH
Mitte UR
Mitte VD
No
CVP AI
CVP JU
CVP SO
Mitte LU
Mitte NE
Mitte OW
Mitte SZ
Mitte ZG
Number of adverts in print media 105
Percentage of adverts for a 'yes' 46%
Analysis of the advertising campaign by Année Politique PDF (in German)
Media coverage: number of articles 283
Media coverage: tonality 24 (predominantly positive)
Media coverage: fög analysis PDF / Link (in German)
Documents from the campaign Display the list of documents
Graphical campaign material for a Yes
Link Social Archives
Vote
Voting result Accepted
People Accepted (60.98% Yes votes)
Cantons Accepted (22.5 Yes, 0.5 No)
Rejected
AI
Accepted
AG
AR
BE
BL
BS
FR
GE
GL
GR
JU
LU
NE
NW
OW
SG
SH
SO
SZ
TG
TI
UR
VD
VS
ZG
ZH
Turnout 65.31%
Decree on voting result PDF (in German)
Result by canton, district and municipality Excel (in German)
Overview of voting result by the Federal Chancellery Link (in German)
Interactive map by the Swiss Federal Statistical Office Display the map
Post-vote polls
Full analysis of VOX post-vote poll results PDF (in German)
Dataset of the VOX poll CSV SAV
Codebook for the VOX poll Excel (in German)
Results of the LeeWas post-vote poll PDF (in German)