Swissvotes
Database of Swiss federal popular votes since 1848, including results, contextual information, analyses, original documents, and downloadable data.
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Why it matters
Swissvotes covers all Swiss federal popular votes since 1848. Each record gives the voting results, the positions of political actors, contextual analyses, and original documents.
The data supports research on Swiss political history, direct democracy, and long-term change in voting issues and outcomes. The datasets, codebook, and source documentation are free to download under CC BY 4.0. The database does not cover cantonal votes.