Bijna alle Zwitserse politieke partijen zijn tegen, maar onder de bevolking leek het vooraf een nek-aan-nekrace te worden.

The referendum is proposing a a limit of 10 million people until 2050 and has divided the country, being dubbed by some as a "Swiss Brexit".

Swiss voters will decide Sunday on an SVP-backed cap on population growth, which polls suggest will narrowly fail amid warnings it would harm the economy and EU relations.…