Swissvotes Universität Basel année politique suisse

Initiative «For a ban on financing war material manufacturers»

General information
Official title Volksinitiative «Für ein Verbot der Finanzierung von Kriegsmaterialproduzenten»
Voting day 29.11.2020
Voting result Rejected (42.55% Yes votes and 3.5 out of 23 votes of the Cantons)
Vote Nº 637
Legal form Popular initiative
Policy area Security policy > Armed forces > Armament
State organisation > Institutions > National Bank
Economy > Finance
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 GSoA und Junge Grüne
Preliminary examination PDF (in German)
Signatures 104,612
Time used to collect signatures 436 days
Success PDF (in German)
Pre-parliamentary phase
Federal Council dispatch PDF (in German)
Parliamentary phase
Item Nº 19.038
Parliamentary debate PDF / Link (in German / French)
Duration of proceedings 371 days
Parliament's position Reject
Position of the National Council Reject (72 Yes, 125 No)
Position of the Council of States Reject (13 Yes, 32 No)
Public campaign
Official explanatory brochure PDF (in German)
Position of the Federal Council Reject
Online information by the federal authorities
Explainer video by easyvote Link (in German)
Explanatory brochure by easyvote PDF (in German)
Campaign websites
Recommendations by parties
Yes
EVP
GPS
KVP
PdA
SPS
No
BDP
CVP
EDU
FDP
GLP
MCG
SD
SVP
Electoral share of 'yes' camp 33.1% (Details)
Recommendations by others
Yes
SGB
VPOD
GSoA
Schweizerischer Friedensrat
Solidarité sans frontières
JGLP ZH
No
eco
SAV
SGV
Schweizerischer Pensionskassenverband
Versicherungsverband
SwissBanking
Swissmem
Schweizerischer Verband für Seniorenfragen
Free vote
CSP OW
None
SBV
Deviating party sections
Yes
GLP FR
Free vote
CVP BE
EVP TG
Number of adverts in print media 220
Percentage of adverts for a 'yes' 16%
Analysis of the advertising campaign by Année Politique PDF (in German)
Media coverage: number of articles 197
Media coverage: tonality 2 (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
Graphical campaign material for a No Show all
Vote
Voting result Rejected
People Rejected (42.55% Yes votes)
Cantons Rejected (3.5 Yes, 19.5 No)
Rejected
AG
AI
AR
BE
BL
FR
GL
GR
LU
NW
OW
SG
SH
SO
SZ
TG
TI
UR
VD
VS
ZG
ZH
Accepted
BS
GE
JU
NE
Turnout 46.95%
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 poll
Full analysis of post-vote poll results PDF (in German)
Dataset of the post-vote poll
Codebook for the post-vote poll