About Votara

Votara is a website about Switzerland's past and possible futures, in four languages. It shows how the country got here, vote by vote, and how daily life could look in 2050 depending on the next decisions.

What Votara shows

• The story: the population since 1900 and the official scenarios up to 2050.
• The decisions: the votes that shaped the curve, and the ones coming up.
• The sources: every dataset with its limits, in the data ledger.

Later versions add pages on individual problems, with three answers from the left, the centre and the right, and Agora, a space where residents can set priorities and make proposals.

The name

Votara comes from the Italian vota / votare (to vote) and is close to the corresponding word in French, German and English. The name is the same in every language.

Position

Votara belongs to no party and makes no voting recommendations. The rules are on the How we work page.

Status

Votara is in development. Pages marked "In progress" are not finished yet.

Who is behind Votara

PLACEHOLDER: operator and team. See also the imprint.