{"id":38651,"date":"2026-03-30T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-30T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swissmig.unine.ch\/?p=38651"},"modified":"2026-03-20T09:07:59","modified_gmt":"2026-03-20T08:07:59","slug":"integration-as-a-precondition-for-enfranchisement-swiss-public-opinion-on-noncitizen-voting-rights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swissmig.unine.ch\/?p=38651","title":{"rendered":"Integration as a Precondition for Enfranchisement? Swiss Public Opinion on Noncitizen Voting Rights"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Author(s): Alyssa M. Taylor<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Source: https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1111\/spsr.70005<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

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In recent decades, as growing numbers of noncitizen residents remain excluded from the electorate, the question of who should be included in the electorate has gained prominence in both political and academic debates. Drawing on theories of integration and immigrant attitudes, I explore whether Swiss voters would consider integration criteria as prerequisites for enfranchisement and which criteria matter to whom. First, using original survey data from Switzerland fielded in 2021, I identify three key criterion types for inclusion: civic-cultural knowledge, economic contribution, and being of good character. Second, the findings reveal that partisanship is a primary factor shaping the importance citizens assign to these criteria, and which criterion specifically matters most. Interestingly, I find that few socioeconomic and demographic indicators influence voters’ views on whether such integration criterion could be used as a route towards enfranchisement. Taken together, the results point to the pivotal role that ideological divides play in framing debates over immigrants and their integration in Switzerland.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Keywords<\/strong>: Immigrant Integration, Immigrant Voting Rights, Public Opinion, Switzerland<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Alors qu’un nombre croissant de r\u00e9sidents non citoyens demeurent exclus de l’\u00e9lectorat, la question de savoir qui devrait \u00eatre inclus dans le corps \u00e9lectoral a gagn\u00e9 en importance dans les d\u00e9bats politiques et scientifiques. En m’appuyant sur les th\u00e9ories de l’int\u00e9gration et sur celles des attitudes \u00e0 l’\u00e9gard des immigr\u00e9s, j’examine si les \u00e9lecteurs suisses pourraient consid\u00e9rer\u2009les crit\u00e8res d’int\u00e9gration comme des conditions pr\u00e9alables \u00e0 l’octroi du droit de vote, et quels crit\u00e8res importent \u00e0 qui. Premi\u00e8rement, \u00e0 partir de donn\u00e9es d’enqu\u00eate originales recueillies en Suisse en 2021, j’identifie trois types cl\u00e9s de crit\u00e8res d’inclusion: les connaissances civico-culturelles, la contribution \u00e9conomique et l’int\u00e9grit\u00e9 personnelle. Deuxi\u00e8mement, les r\u00e9sultats r\u00e9v\u00e8lent que l’identification partisane constitue le principal facteur d\u00e9terminant l’importance que les citoyens attribuent \u00e0 ces crit\u00e8res, ainsi que le crit\u00e8re consid\u00e9r\u00e9 comme le plus important. Il est int\u00e9ressant de constater que peu d’indicateurs socio\u00e9conomiques et d\u00e9mographiques influencent les opinions quant \u00e0 l’utilisation des crit\u00e8res d’int\u00e9gration comme voie d’acc\u00e8s au droit de vote. Dans l’ensemble, les r\u00e9sultats soulignent le r\u00f4le central que jouent les clivages id\u00e9ologiques dans l’encadrement des d\u00e9bats sur les immigr\u00e9s et leur int\u00e9gration en Suisse.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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