Just over a month before the nationwide vote on June 14, the outcome of the 'No to ten million' immigration initiative is too close to call. The referendum against the civilian service reform has a narrow majority. The campaigns are slowly gaining momentum but as things stand, the outcome of the vote on capping the Swiss population at ten million is still open. "We see a stalemate at all levels," says Lukas Golder from the gfs.bern institute, which conducted the survey on behalf of the Swiss Broadcasting Corporation (SBC), Swissinfo's parent company. The high degree of polarisation is shown by the fact that voter opinion is already entrenched to a large extent. About 79% of respondents indicated a firm intention to vote for or against the proposal. Although certain differences can be observed according to age, gender or income, these are moderate overall, Golder said. Party affiliation is a key indicator. Those who support the right-wing Swiss People's Party are practically united ...
