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Should high capital income be taxed more to reduce taxes on salaries?

Should high capital income be taxed more to reduce taxes on salaries?
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  • No 64.9% (1823262)
  • Yes 35.1% (987045)

Votes: 2810307

Result includes official Swiss vote + live VoteWorld votes.

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AI-generated summary, admin reviewed: The initiative aimed to increase taxes on high capital income to lower taxes on salaries. It proposed that capital income above a certain amount be taxed at a higher rate, with the extra revenue used for tax reductions for low and medium-income earners or social welfare.
VoteWorld wording adapted from a Swiss federal vote. Seed votes are official Swiss results for the original linked proposal, not votes cast on this adapted wording.
AI model: gpt-4o-mini

Seed source: Swissvotes federal popular vote dataset.
Swissvotes page: https://swissvotes.ch/vote/646.00
Official result data: https://www.bk.admin.ch/ch/d/pore/va/20210926/can646.html
Vote date: 2021-09-26
Original Swissvotes English title: «99% Initiative» (Initiative «Reduce tax on salaries, tax capital fairly»)
Original German title: «99%-Initiative»
Swissvotes short-description title: Höhere Kapitalbesteuerung erhält nur aus dem linksgrünen Lager Unterstützung
Original French title: «Initiative 99%»
Official English explanatory information: http://web.archive.org/web/20210926041520/https://www.admin.ch/gov/en/start/documentation/votes/20210926/federal-popular-initiative-reduce-tax-on-salaries-tax-capital-fairly.html
Official German explanatory information: https://web.archive.org/web/20210919230829/https://www.admin.ch/gov/de/start/dokumentation/abstimmungen/20210926/volksinitiative-loehne-entlasten-kapital-gerecht-besteuern.html
Official French explanatory information: https://web.archive.org/web/20210919230127/https://www.admin.ch/gov/fr/accueil/documentation/votations/20210926/initiative-populaire-alleger-les-impots-sur-les-salaires-imposer-equitablement-le-capital.html
Année Politique Suisse description: https://anneepolitique.swiss/prozesse/60262
Department information (German): http://web.archive.org/web/20210918203348/https://www.efd.admin.ch/efd/de/home/das-efd/gesetzgebung/abstimmungen/99-prozent/99-prozent-dossier.html
Department information (French): http://web.archive.org/web/20210922182749/https://www.efd.admin.ch/efd/fr/home/le-dff/legislation/votations/99-prozent/99-prozent-dossier.html
easyvote explainer video (German): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BnvUXcyF3Eo
easyvote explainer video (French): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I8sS_8FYYls
Post-vote analysis cockpit (English): https://www.gfsbern.ch/de/news/vox-analyse-die-frage-nach-gerechtigkeit-praegte-die-abstimmung-vom-26-september/
BFS result map (German): https://mapexplorer.bfs.admin.ch/?obs=politic⟨=de#c=indicator&i;=vp20210926.prop_oui_646_0
BFS result map (French): https://mapexplorer.bfs.admin.ch/?obs=politic⟨=fr#c=indicator&i;=vp20210926.prop_oui_646_0
Official chronology (German): https://www.bk.admin.ch/ch/d/pore/vi/vis479.html
Official chronology (French): https://www.bk.admin.ch/ch/f/pore/vi/vis479.html