She's not left-wing, he's not right-wing

In recent years, there has been a proliferation of studies on a questionable electoral behavior: young women are increasingly voting left, and young men right. Here's a look at two young Swiss politicians who buck the trend.

What if gender were to become an indicator of one's political color, especially if one is young? Several analyses suggest this. In Switzerland, a male-female divide was illustrated in 2023 in a study by the Sotomo Institute, commissioned by the NZZ am Sonntag and then relayed by all sides. The findings: more than one in two women aged 18 to 29 declare themselves to be on the left, while almost half (43%) of men are on the other side. A decade ago, this divide between gender, ecological and social concerns on the female side, and a preference for economic liberalism and the re