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Switzerland is very conservative, I'm not all that surprised if it didn't pass.

• FinanceAnon 5y ago
  I am not an expert on Swiss politics/demographics, but if you search for "the most liberal countries in the world" they consistently come up in top 10 (for example, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_of_World_Liberty_Index https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_of_World_Liberty_Index) Prostitution is legal, abortion is legal, and they have pilot trials for "cannabis clubs"
  • adamors 5y ago
    Comment you're responding to probably didn't mean American conservative. Most conservatives support abortion in the EU, it's the far-right that doesn't.
  • __bjoernd 5y ago
    Indeed, Switzerland is very conservative. Like in every other country you have a divide between the progressive/liberal/young-ish big cities (Zurich, Bern, Lausanne, Basel, ...) and the conservative/old-ish rest of the country (great skylines, very low population density). And then you look at the actual rules (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Popular_initiative_(Switzerland)#Federal_popular_initiative https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Popular_initiative_(Switzerlan...): "A double majority of people and cantons is required to change the constitution." --> Swiss cantons are split up historically, not by population, similar to US states. The conservative, low-pop cantons can hold the progressives hostage on anything they don't like because even if you get the liberal cities behind you that is still way beyond the majority of cantons.