Tamedia poll on the public service initiative
The Swiss media group Tamedia is once again conducting a cross-publication poll on its news portals, including the «Pro Service public» popular initiative.
On Sunday, June 5, Swiss voters will decide on five controversial proposals: the three popular initiatives "Pro Service public", "For an unconditional basic income" and "For fair transport funding" ("Milchkuh Initiative"), the amendment to the Asylum Act and the amendment to the Federal Act on Medically Assisted Reproduction. Tamedia is conducting a comprehensive poll in three waves on all its news portals throughout Switzerland in order to get a feel for what citizens in this country think of these proposals in advance. The results will be evaluated immediately so that Tamedia's daily newspapers and news platforms throughout Switzerland can report on them quickly and in a well-founded manner, Tamedia said in a press release on Friday.
According to the second wave of the Tamedia referendum survey, which took place from 2 to 4 May 2016, the "Service Public Initiative" still has a clear majority: 59% of Swiss voters would definitely or somewhat approve of it. 30% want to reject the referendum, while 11% have not yet made up their minds.
The Tamedia voting survey is conducted in collaboration with political scientists Lucas Leemann and Fabio Wasserfallen. They weight the survey data according to demographic, geographical and political variables so that the sample corresponds as closely as possible to the structure of the voting population. The third survey wave will take place on May 19, 2016.
