# Opinion polling for the 2023 Swiss federal election

In the run up to the 2023 Swiss federal election and the following Federal Council election, various organizations carry out opinion polling to gauge voting intention and public opinion in Switzerland. Results of such polls are displayed in this article. The date range for these opinion polls is from the previous general election, held on 20 October 2019, to the present day.

## Electoral polling
### Graphical summary

The chart below depicts opinion polls conducted for the 2023 Swiss federal election; trendlines are local regressions (LOESS).

### Nationwide polling
#### Since 2021

| Polling firm | Fieldwork date | Sample size | SVP/ UDC | SP/ PS | FDP/ PLR | DM/ LC | Grüne/ Verts | GLP/ PVL | EVP/ PEV | EDU/ UDF | Others | Lead |
| 2023 election | 22 Oct 2023 | – | 27.9 | 18.3 | 14.3 | 14.1 | 9.8 | 7.6 | 2.0 | 1.2 | 4.9 | 9.6 |
| Sotomo | 22 Sep – 5 Oct 2023 | 31,850 | 28.1 | 18.3 | 14.1 | 14.3 | 9.7 | 6.8 | 2.1 | – | 6.6 | 9.8 |
| OpinionPlus | 20–26 Sep 2023 | 1,623 | 28.8 | 17.8 | 14.0 | 14.1 | 10.4 | 7.2 | 2.2 | 1.1 | 4.6 | 11.0 |
| LeeWas | 19–20 Sep 2023 | 29,081 | 28.7 | 17.6 | 13.8 | 13.6 | 10.5 | 7.5 | – | – | 8.3 | 11.1 |
| Sotomo | 4–25 Aug 2023 | 40,889 | 27.6 | 17.3 | 14.6 | 14.8 | 10.7 | 7.3 | 2.1 | – | 5.6 | 10.3 |
| LeeWas | 10–11 Jul 2023 | 25,688 | 27.9 | 17.3 | 14.3 | 13.9 | 10.7 | 8.2 | – | – | 7.7 | 10.6 |
| Sotomo | 8–22 Jun 2023 | 25,216 | 27.1 | 17.8 | 14.6 | 14.3 | 10.2 | 8.3 | 2.1 | – | 5.5 | 9.3 |
| Sotomo | 20 Feb – 5 Mar 2023 | 27,058 | 26.6 | 17.8 | 15.6 | 13.3 | 10.7 | 8.3 | 2.1 | – | 5.6 | 8.8 |
| LeeWas | 15–17 Feb 2023 | 27,668 | 27.5 | 16.9 | 15.4 | 13.5 | 11.1 | 8.5 | – | – | 7.1 | 10.6 |
| Sotomo | 26 Sep – 7 Oct 2022 | 21,038 | 26.1 | 16.3 | 16.1 | 13.3 | 11.7 | 9.3 | 2.1 | – | 5.1 | 9.8 |
| LeeWas | 15–16 Aug 2022 | 26,298 | 25.9 | 16.2 | 16.4 | 13.4 | 11.8 | 9.2 | – | – | 7.1 | 9.5 |
| LeeWas | 8–9 Dec 2021 | 19,324 | 27.0 | 16.2 | 15.4 | 13.3 | 11.7 | 10.2 | – | – | 6.2 | 10.8 |
| Sotomo | 29 Sep – 3 Oct 2021 | 27,976 | 26.6 | 15.8 | 14.6 | 13.3 | 13.2 | 9.8 | 2.1 | – | 5.6 | 10.8 |
| | 1 Jan 2021 | CVP/PDC and BDP/PBD merge into DM/LC | CVP/PDC and BDP/PBD merge into DM/LC | CVP/PDC and BDP/PBD merge into DM/LC | CVP/PDC and BDP/PBD merge into DM/LC | CVP/PDC and BDP/PBD merge into DM/LC | CVP/PDC and BDP/PBD merge into DM/LC | CVP/PDC and BDP/PBD merge into DM/LC | CVP/PDC and BDP/PBD merge into DM/LC | CVP/PDC and BDP/PBD merge into DM/LC | CVP/PDC and BDP/PBD merge into DM/LC | CVP/PDC and BDP/PBD merge into DM/LC |

#### 2020

| Polling firm | Fieldwork date | Sample size | SVP/ UDC | SP/ PS | FDP/ PLR | GPS/ PES | CVP/ PDC | GLP/ PVL | BDP/ PBD | EVP/ PEV | EDU/ UDF | Others | Lead |
| Sotomo | 23 Oct – 2 Nov 2020 | 19,620 | 24.1 | 16.8 | 15.1 | 12.2 | 11.9 | 9.8 | 1.9 | 2.6 | – | 5.6 | 7.3 |
| 2019 election | 20 Oct 2019 | – | 25.6 | 16.8 | 15.1 | 13.2 | 11.4 | 7.8 | 2.4 | 2.1 | 1.0 | 4.6 | 8.8 |

### Regional polling (National Council)
#### Language regions
##### German-speaking Switzerland

| Polling firm | Fieldwork date | Sample size | SVP | SP | DM | FDP | Grüne | GLP | Others | Lead |
| Sotomo | 22 Sep – 5 Oct 2023 | 26,274 | 31.0 | 17.3 | 15.4 | 12.4 | 8.8 | 7.8 | 7.3 | 13.7 |
| Sotomo | 4–25 Aug 2023 | 32,956 | 31.0 | 16.8 | 15.4 | 12.9 | 9.8 | 7.8 | 6.3 | 12.7 |
| 2019 election | 20 Oct 2019 | – | 29.0 | 16.3 | 14.4 | 13.4 | 11.8 | 8.8 | 6.3 | 8.8 |
* ↑ 11.2 for CVP and 3.2 for BDP.

##### French-speaking Switzerland

| Polling firm | Fieldwork date | Sample size | PLR | PS | Verts | UDC | LC | PVL | Others | Lead |
| Sotomo | 22 Sep – 5 Oct 2023 | 4,661 | 19.1 | 21.6 | 13.5 | 19.3 | 10.8 | 5.7 | 10.0 | 2.3 |
| Sotomo | 4–25 Aug 2023 | 6,982 | 19.6 | 20.1 | 14.5 | 18.8 | 11.3 | 6.2 | 9.5 | 0.5 |
| 2019 election | 20 Oct 2019 | – | 20.1 | 19.1 | 18.5 | 16.3 | 10.8 | 5.7 | 9.5 | 1.0 |
* ↑ 10.5 for CVP and 0.3 for BDP.

#### Canton of Aargau (16 seats)

| Polling firm | Fieldwork date | Sample size | SVP | SP | FDP | DM | Grüne | GLP | EVP | EDU | Others | Lead |
| 2023 election | 22 Oct 2023 | – | 35.5 | 16.4 | 13.1 | 12.0 | 7.1 | 8.5 | 4.5 | 1.0 | 1.2 | 19.1 |
| OpinionPlus | 6–16 Sep 2023 | 1,458 | 34.9 | 17.1 | 13.1 | 13.3 | 7.7 | 8.2 | 3.5 | 1.0 | 1.2 | 17.8 |
| OpinionPlus | 14–25 Jun 2023 | 1,610 | 34.6 | 16.7 | 13.2 | 13.1 | 7.4 | 9.4 | 3.6 | 0.9 | 1.1 | 17.9 |
| 2019 election | 20 Oct 2019 | – | 31.5 | 16.5 | 13.6 | 13.0 | 9.8 | 8.5 | 3.6 | 1.0 | 2.5 | 15.0 |
* ↑ 9.9% for CVP and 3.1% for BDP.

#### Canton of the Grisons (5 seats)

| Polling firm | Fieldwork date | Sample size | SVP/ UDC | DM/ AdC | SP/ PS | FDP/ PLR | GLP | Grüne/ Verdi/ Verda | EVP | EDU | Others | Lead |
| 2023 election | 22 Oct 2023 | – | 30.6 | 23.9 | 17.8 | 13.7 | 6.3 | 5.2 | 1.0 | 1.2 | 0.3 | 6.7 |
| OpinionPlus | 6–16 Sep 2023 | 1,512 | 30.4 | 25.5 | 17.4 | 13.4 | 6.9 | 4.5 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 4.9 |
| 2019 election | 20 Oct 2019 | – | 29.9 | 25.4 | 17.1 | 13.6 | 8.3 | 5.5 | – | – | 0.2 | 4.5 |
* ↑ 16.3% for CVP and 9.1% for BDP.

#### Canton of Lucerne (9 seats)

| Polling firm | Fieldwork date | Sample size | DM | SVP | FDP | SP | Grüne | GLP | Others | Lead |
| 2023 election | 22 Oct 2023 | – | 27.9 | 26.5 | 15.4 | 13.7 | 8.1 | 6.5 | 1.9 | 1.4 |
| OpinionPlus | 6–16 Sep 2023 | 1,338 | 25.0 | 28.0 | 15.1 | 14.0 | 10.0 | 6.8 | 1.1 | 3.0 |
| 2019 election | 20 Oct 2019 | – | 25.5 | 24.7 | 15.6 | 13.5 | 12.2 | 7.1 | 1.3 | 0.8 |

#### Canton of Solothurn (6 seats)

| Polling firm | Fieldwork date | Sample size | SVP | FDP | SP | DM | Grüne | GLP | EVP | MASS- VOLL | Others | Lead |
| 2023 election | 22 Oct 2023 | – | 28.7 | 17.4 | 17.2 | 17.9 | 9.3 | 6.0 | 1.5 | 2.0 | – | 10.8 |
| OpinionPlus | Aug/Sep 2023 | >1,100 | 29.1 | 17.8 | 19.2 | 17.0 | 6.8 | 7.2 | 1.2 | 1.3 | 0.4 | 9.9 |
| 2019 election | 20 Oct 2019 | – | 25.9 | 18.5 | 18.4 | 16.2 | 11.4 | 6.8 | 1.2 | – | 1.5 | 7.4 |
* ↑ 14.2% for CVP and 2.0% for BDP.

#### Canton of Thurgau (6 seats)

| Polling firm | Fieldwork date | Sample size | SVP | DM | SP | FDP | Grüne | GLP | EDU | EVP | Lead |
| 2023 election | 22 Oct 2023 | – | 40.3 | 15.3 | 10.2 | 10.7 | 8.5 | 6.6 | 2.8 | 2.4 | 25.0 |
| OpinionPlus | 6–16 Sep 2023 | 1,255 | 39.8 | 14.7 | 13.1 | 11.3 | 8.3 | 7.6 | 2.6 | 2.6 | 25.1 |
| 2019 election | 20 Oct 2019 | – | 36.7 | 15.0 | 12.6 | 11.5 | 10.6 | 8.1 | 2.8 | 2.7 | 21.7 |
* ↑ 12.7% for CVP and 2.3% for BDP.

#### Canton of Valais (8 seats)

| Polling firm | Fieldwork date | Sample size | LC/ DM | Neo | UDC/ SVP | PLR/ FDP | PS/ SP | Verts/ Grüne | PVL/ GLP | Others | Lead |
| 2023 election | 22 Oct 2023 | – | 30.4 | 5.0 | 24.5 | 14.7 | 14.3 | 8.4 | 2.0 | 0.7 | 5.9 |
| Sotomo | 19–27 Sep 2023 | 3,367 | 28.5 | 5.8 | 21.8 | 16.0 | 16.6 | 7.1 | 1.3 | 2.9 | 6.7 |
| 2019 election | 20 Oct 2019 | – | 27.5 | 7.3 | 19.8 | 16.5 | 15.1 | 10.6 | 1.0 | 1.5 | 7.7 |

#### Canton of Zurich (36 seats)

| Polling firm | Fieldwork date | Sample size | SVP | SP | Grüne | GLP | FDP | DM | EVP | AL | EDU | Others | Lead |
| 2023 election | 22 Oct 2023 | – | 27.4 | 21.1 | 9.9 | 12.4 | 12.5 | 8.1 | 2.8 | 1.0 | 1.5 | 2.5 | 6.3 |
| OpinionPlus | 30 Aug – 10 Sep 2023 | 917 | 29.6 | 20.4 | 9.9 | 12.6 | 13.8 | 6.4 | 3.2 | 1.6 | 1.7 | 0.8 | 9.2 |
| OpinionPlus | 18–20 Jul 2023 | 867 | 29.1 | 20.1 | 9.1 | 13.5 | 14.0 | 6.6 | 3.4 | 1.6 | 1.4 | 1.2 | 9.0 |
| 2019 election | 20 Oct 2019 | – | 26.7 | 17.3 | 14.1 | 14.0 | 13.7 | 6.0 | 3.3 | 1.9 | 1.6 | 1.4 | 9.4 |
* ↑ 4.4% for CVP and 1.6% for BDP.

### Council of States polling
#### Canton of Aargau (2 seats)

| Polling firm | Fieldwork date | Sample size | Burkart FDP | Giezendanner SVP | Binder DM | Suter SP | Kälin Grüne | Portmann GLP | Studer EVP | Lead |
| 2023 election (first round) | 22 Oct 2023 | – | 52.2 | 42.6 | 23.9 | 25.6 | 19.0 | 10.2 | 8.1 | 9.6 |
| OpinionPlus | 6–16 Sep 2023 | 1,458 | 45 | 31 | 27 | 28 | 22 | 16 | 7 | 14 |
| OpinionPlus | 14–25 Jun 2023 | 1,610 | 38.3 | 25.6 | 20.7 | 15.8 | 17.8 | 12.3 | 4.4 | 12.7 |
| 2019 election (first round) | 20 Oct 2019 | – | 43.4 | 38.2 (Knecht) | 30.4 | 29.1 (Wermuth) | 21.4 (Müri) | 12.2 (Flach) | 5.2 (Frauchiger) | 5.2 |
* ↑ 19.3 for Binder (CVP) and 11.4 for Bally (BDP).

#### Canton of Berne (2 seats)

| Polling firm | Fieldwork date | Sample size | Wasserfallen SP/PS | Pulver G/V | Salzmann SVP/UDC | L. Hess DM/LC | S. Hess FDP/PLR | Grossen GLP/PVL | Jost EVP/PEV | Lead |
| 2023 election (first round) | 22 Oct 2023 | – | 42.6 | 26.1 | 42.4 | 11.1 | 25.0 | 19.6 | 7.6 | 0.2 |
| LeeWas | 19–20 Sep 2023 | 5,232 | 34 | 25 | 42 | 17 | 14 | 20 | 6 | 8 |
| 2019 election (first round) | 20 Oct 2019 | – | 40.0 (Stöckli) | 39.3 (Rytz) | 39.2 | 24.9 (Simon) | 20.3 (Markwalder) | 15.8 (Bertschy) | 7.9 (Streiff) | 0.7 |
* ↑ (BDP/PBD).

#### Canton of the Grisons (2 seats)

| Polling firm | Fieldwork date | Sample size | Engler DM | Schmid FDP | Others | Lead |
| 2023 election (first round) | 22 Oct 2023 | – | 77.2 | 67.8 | 11.5 | 9.4 |
| OpinionPlus | 6–16 Sep 2023 | 1,512 | 37 | 35 | 12 | 2 |
| 2019 election (first round) | 20 Oct 2019 | – | 52.8 | 46.8 | | 6.0 |
* ↑ 26.8 for Pult (SP), 17.7 for Favre-Accola (SVP), 12.5 for Danuser (GLP), 10.6 for others.

#### Canton of Lucerne (2 seats)

| Polling firm | Fieldwork date | Sample size | Müller FDP | Gmür DM | Haller SVP | Spring Grüne | Roth SP | Fischer GLP | Lead |
| 2023 election (first round) | 22 Oct 2023 | – | 53.7 | 50.7 | 23.5 | 21.2 | 22.1 | 7.2 | 3.0 |
| OpinionPlus | 6–16 Sep 2023 | 1,338 | 33.0 | 28.0 | 17.0 | 10.0 | 14.0 | 14.0 | 5.0 |
| 2019 election (first round) | 20 Oct 2019 | – | 50.2 | 41.9 | 29.3 (Grüter) | 23.2 (Frey) | 22.7 | 7.1 (Graber) | 8.3 |

#### Canton of Solothurn (2 seats)

| Polling firm | Fieldwork date | Sample size | Bischof DM | Roth SP | Imark SVP | Wettstein Grüne | Ankli FDP | Künzli GLP | Lead |
| 2023 election (first round) | 22 Oct 2023 | – | 53.4 | 35.4 | 33.8 | 16.7 | 29.6 | 10.1 | 18.0 |
| OpinionPlus | Aug/Sep 2023 | >1,100 | 31.4 | 16.1 | 19.4 | 10.8 | 24.6 | 9.5 | 6.8 |
| 2019 election (first round) | 20 Oct 2019 | – | 53.1 | 47.1 (Zanetti) | 30.8 | 24.9 | 22.6 (Nünlist) | – | 6.0 |

#### Canton of Thurgau (2 seats)

| Polling firm | Fieldwork date | Sample size | Häberli- Koller DM | Stark SVP | Leuthold GLP | Coray Ind. | Vietze FDP | Spiri Aufrecht | Lead |
| 2023 election (first round) | 22 Oct 2023 | – | 63.5 | 57.2 | 23.9 | 4.5 | 21.9 | 9.2 | 6.3 |
| OpinionPlus | 6–16 Sep 2023 | 1,255 | 49 | 42 | 22 | 6 | 28 | 8 | 7 |
| 2019 election (first round) | 20 Oct 2019 | – | 61.6 | 53.3 | 19.7 (Fisch) | 6.2 | – | – | 8.3 |

#### Canton of Valais (2 seats)

| Polling firm | Fieldwork date | Sample size | Rieder LC/DM | Maret LC/DM | Bogiqi PS/SP | Nantermod PLR/FDP | Dessimoz LV/G | Addor UDC/SVP | Alpiger PS/SP | Jansen PVL/GLP | Salzmann PVL/GLP | Lead |
| 2023 election (first round) | 22 Oct 2023 | – | 48.7 | 39.9 | 10.4 | 23.2 | 12.6 | 21.6 | 11.5 | 6.2 | 4.9 | 8.8 |
| Sotomo | 19–27 Sep 2023 | 3,367 | 48 | 35 | 10 | 26 | 12 | 21 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 13 |
| 2019 election (first round) | 20 Oct 2019 | – | 38.9 | 33.8 | 30.9 (Reynard) | 21.9 | 21.1 (Wolf) | 27.3 | – | – | – | 5.1 |
* ↑ 14.2% for Fauchère (UDC) & 13.1% for Kreuzer (SVP).

#### Canton of Zurich (2 seats)

| Polling firm | Fieldwork date | Sample size | Jositsch SP | Sauter FDP | Rutz SVP | Leupi Grüne | Moser GLP | Kutter DM | Gugger EVP | Lead |
| 2023 election (first round) | 22 Oct 2023 | – | 51.8 | 26.4 | 33.9 | 21.3 | 23.1 | 14.6 | 7.2 | 17.9 |
| LeeWas | 19–20 Sep 2023 | 7,897 | 52 | 21 | 36 | 20 | 20 | 16 | 5 | 16 |
| OpinionPlus | 30 Aug – 10 Sep 2023 | 1,110 | 47 | 29 | 31 | 17 | 22 | 28 | 8 | 16 |
| OpinionPlus | 10–18 Jul 2023 | 1,118 | 45 | 23 | 27 | 12 | 14 | 24 | 5 | 18 |
| 2019 election (first round) | 20 Oct 2019 | – | 52.6 | 34.4 (Noser) | 26.1 (Köppel) | 23.1 (Schlatter) | 19.5 | 4.9 (Barandun) | 4.3 | 18.2 |

## Seat predictions
### National Council

| Firm | Publication | SVP/ UDC | SP/ PS | FDP/ PLR | Grüne/ Verts | DM/ LC | GLP/ PVL | EVP/ PEV | PST-Sol | EDU/ UDF | Lega | MCG | Others | Lead |
| 2023 election | 22 Oct 2023 | 62 | 41 | 28 | 23 | 29 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 21 |
| NZZ | 7 Oct 2023 | 56 | 42 | 31 | 23 | 30 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | – | 14 |
| Tamedia | 23 Sep 2023 | 57 | 40 | 30 | 24 | 29 | 13 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 17 |
| CH Media | 2 Sep 2023 | 55 | 39 | 31 | 24 | 32 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | – | – | 16 |
| 2019 election | 20 Oct 2019 | 53 | 39 | 29 | 28 | 28 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14 |

### Council of States

| Firm | Publication | DM/ LC | FDP/ PLR | SP/ PS | SVP/ UDC | Grüne/ Verts | GLP/ PVL | MCG | Ind. | Lead |
| 2023 election | 22 Oct – 19 Nov 2023 | 15 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| Tamedia | 30 Sep 2023 | 14 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 4 | – | – | 1 | 1 |
| SRG | 20 Sep 2023 | 13–14 | 14–15 | 5–6 | 6–8 | 4–5 | – | – | 1 | 0–2 |
| 2019 election | 20 Oct – 24 Nov 2019 | 13 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 5 | – | – | 1 | 1 |

## Leadership polling
### Federal councilors approval

Federal councilors are elected indirectly by the Federal Assembly, but opinion polls are held regularly to gauge their popular approval.

#### Average rating

The table below lists opinion polling on leader ratings, on a 1–6 scale: 1 would stand for "absolutely inadequate", whereas 6 would stand for "excellent".
| Polling firm | Fieldwork date | Sample size | Maurer SVP/UDC | Sommaruga SP/PS | Berset SP/PS | Parmelin SVP/UDC | Cassis FDP/PLR | Amherd DM/LC | Keller- Sutter FDP/PLR | Rösti SVP/UDC | Baume- Schneider SP/PS |
| LeeWas | 19–20 Sep 2023 | 29,081 | – | – | 4.09 | 3.69 | 3.49 | 4.09 | 3.94 | 3.99 | 3.31 |
| LeeWas | 10–11 Jul 2023 | 25,688 | – | – | 4.15 | 3.77 | 3.57 | 4.17 | 3.89 | 4.02 | 3.42 |
| LeeWas | 15–17 Feb 2023 | 27,668 | – | – | 3.92 | 3.84 | 3.69 | 4.22 | 4.09 | 3.89 | 3.64 |
| | 7 Dec 2022 | | Albert Rösti and Élisabeth Baume-Schneider are elected to the Federal Council | Albert Rösti and Élisabeth Baume-Schneider are elected to the Federal Council | Albert Rösti and Élisabeth Baume-Schneider are elected to the Federal Council | Albert Rösti and Élisabeth Baume-Schneider are elected to the Federal Council | Albert Rösti and Élisabeth Baume-Schneider are elected to the Federal Council | Albert Rösti and Élisabeth Baume-Schneider are elected to the Federal Council | Albert Rösti and Élisabeth Baume-Schneider are elected to the Federal Council | Albert Rösti and Élisabeth Baume-Schneider are elected to the Federal Council | Albert Rösti and Élisabeth Baume-Schneider are elected to the Federal Council |
| LeeWas | 15–16 Aug 2022 | 26,298 | 3.81 | 3.66 | 4.11 | 3.84 | 3.51 | 4.02 | 4.05 | – | – |
| LeeWas | 8–9 Dec 2021 | 19,324 | 3.75 | 4.00 | 4.33 | 4.14 | 4.23 | 4.12 | 3.51 | – | – |

#### Approval
##### Swiss People's Party councilors

| Polling firm | Fieldwork date | Sample size | Question wording | Ueli Maurer (SVP/UDC) | Ueli Maurer (SVP/UDC) | Ueli Maurer (SVP/UDC) | Ueli Maurer (SVP/UDC) | Guy Parmelin (SVP/UDC) | Guy Parmelin (SVP/UDC) | Guy Parmelin (SVP/UDC) | Guy Parmelin (SVP/UDC) | Albert Rösti (SVP/UDC) | Albert Rösti (SVP/UDC) | Albert Rösti (SVP/UDC) | Albert Rösti (SVP/UDC) |
| Polling firm | Fieldwork date | Sample size | Question wording | Yes | No | Neither | Net | Yes | No | Neither | Net | Yes | No | Neither | Net |
| Sotomo | 21–23 Oct 2023 | 23,207 | Sympathy | – | – | – | – | 34 | 30 | 36 | +4 | 48 | 28 | 24 | +20 |
| Sotomo | 22 Sep – 5 Oct 2023 | 31,850 | Sympathy | – | – | – | – | 32 | 31 | 37 | +1 | 45 | 28 | 27 | +17 |
| Sotomo | 4–25 Aug 2023 | 40,889 | Sympathy | – | – | – | – | 36 | 28 | 36 | +8 | 45 | 28 | 27 | +17 |
| Sotomo | 8–22 Jun 2023 | 25,216 | Sympathy | – | – | – | – | 34 | 31 | 35 | +3 | 43 | 31 | 26 | +12 |
| Sotomo | 20 Feb – 5 Mar 2023 | 27,058 | Sympathy | – | – | – | – | 39 | 27 | 35 | +12 | 45 | 29 | 26 | +16 |
| | 7 Dec 2022 | | | Albert Rösti is elected to the Federal Council | Albert Rösti is elected to the Federal Council | Albert Rösti is elected to the Federal Council | Albert Rösti is elected to the Federal Council | Albert Rösti is elected to the Federal Council | Albert Rösti is elected to the Federal Council | Albert Rösti is elected to the Federal Council | Albert Rösti is elected to the Federal Council | Albert Rösti is elected to the Federal Council | Albert Rösti is elected to the Federal Council | Albert Rösti is elected to the Federal Council | Albert Rösti is elected to the Federal Council |
| Sotomo | 26 Sep – 7 Oct 2022 | 21,038 | Sympathy | 38 | 39 | 22 | −1 | 37 | 28 | 35 | +9 | – | – | – | – |
| Sotomo | 29 Sep – 3 Oct 2021 | 27,976 | Sympathy | 46 | 35 | 20 | −11 | 42 | 24 | 34 | +18 | – | – | – | – |

##### Social Democratic councilors

| Polling firm | Fieldwork date | Sample size | Question wording | Simonetta Sommaruga (SP/PS) | Simonetta Sommaruga (SP/PS) | Simonetta Sommaruga (SP/PS) | Simonetta Sommaruga (SP/PS) | Alain Berset (SP/PS) | Alain Berset (SP/PS) | Alain Berset (SP/PS) | Alain Berset (SP/PS) | Élisabeth Baume-Schneider (SP/PS) | Élisabeth Baume-Schneider (SP/PS) | Élisabeth Baume-Schneider (SP/PS) | Élisabeth Baume-Schneider (SP/PS) |
| Polling firm | Fieldwork date | Sample size | Question wording | Yes | No | Neither | Net | Yes | No | Neither | Net | Yes | No | Neither | Net |
| Sotomo | 21–23 Oct 2023 | 23,207 | Sympathy | – | – | – | – | 60 | 22 | 18 | +38 | 43 | 29 | 28 | +14 |
| Sotomo | 22 Sep – 5 Oct 2023 | 31,850 | Sympathy | – | – | – | – | 58 | 25 | 17 | +33 | 42 | 28 | 30 | +14 |
| Sotomo | 4–25 Aug 2023 | 40,889 | Sympathy | – | – | – | – | 59 | 24 | 17 | +35 | 43 | 28 | 29 | +15 |
| Sotomo | 8–22 Jun 2023 | 25,216 | Sympathy | – | – | – | – | 52 | 27 | 21 | +25 | 45 | 25 | 30 | +20 |
| Sotomo | 20 Feb – 5 Mar 2023 | 27,058 | Sympathy | – | – | – | – | 55 | 26 | 18 | +29 | 51 | 19 | 30 | +32 |
| | 7 Dec 2022 | | | Élisabeth Baume-Schneider is elected to the Federal Council | Élisabeth Baume-Schneider is elected to the Federal Council | Élisabeth Baume-Schneider is elected to the Federal Council | Élisabeth Baume-Schneider is elected to the Federal Council | Élisabeth Baume-Schneider is elected to the Federal Council | Élisabeth Baume-Schneider is elected to the Federal Council | Élisabeth Baume-Schneider is elected to the Federal Council | Élisabeth Baume-Schneider is elected to the Federal Council | Élisabeth Baume-Schneider is elected to the Federal Council | Élisabeth Baume-Schneider is elected to the Federal Council | Élisabeth Baume-Schneider is elected to the Federal Council | Élisabeth Baume-Schneider is elected to the Federal Council |
| Sotomo | 26 Sep – 7 Oct 2022 | 21,038 | Sympathy | 48 | 32 | 20 | +16 | 54 | 27 | 19 | +27 | – | – | – | – |
| Sotomo | 29 Sep – 3 Oct 2021 | 27,976 | Sympathy | 52 | 31 | 17 | +21 | 59 | 26 | 15 | +33 | – | – | – | – |

##### FDP.The Liberals councilors

| Polling firm | Fieldwork date | Sample size | Question wording | Ignazio Cassis (FDP/PLR) | Ignazio Cassis (FDP/PLR) | Ignazio Cassis (FDP/PLR) | Ignazio Cassis (FDP/PLR) | Karin Keller-Sutter (FDP/PLR) | Karin Keller-Sutter (FDP/PLR) | Karin Keller-Sutter (FDP/PLR) | Karin Keller-Sutter (FDP/PLR) |
| Polling firm | Fieldwork date | Sample size | Question wording | Yes | No | Neither | Net | Yes | No | Neither | Net |
| Sotomo | 21–23 Oct 2023 | 23,207 | Sympathy | 29 | 38 | 33 | −9 | 42 | 28 | 30 | +14 |
| Sotomo | 22 Sep – 5 Oct 2023 | 31,850 | Sympathy | 27 | 40 | 33 | −13 | 41 | 30 | 29 | +11 |
| Sotomo | 4–25 Aug 2023 | 40,889 | Sympathy | 30 | 38 | 32 | −8 | 41 | 30 | 29 | +11 |
| Sotomo | 8–22 Jun 2023 | 25,216 | Sympathy | 36 | 30 | 34 | −4 | 41 | 29 | 30 | +12 |
| Sotomo | 20 Feb – 5 Mar 2023 | 27,058 | Sympathy | 33 | 34 | 34 | −1 | 43 | 27 | 30 | +16 |
| Sotomo | 26 Sep – 7 Oct 2022 | 21,038 | Sympathy | 29 | 39 | 33 | −10 | 40 | 26 | 33 | +14 |
| Sotomo | 29 Sep – 3 Oct 2021 | 27,976 | Sympathy | 23 | 40 | 37 | −17 | 46 | 25 | 30 | +21 |

##### The Centre councilors

| Polling firm | Fieldwork date | Sample size | Question wording | Viola Amherd (DM/LC) | Viola Amherd (DM/LC) | Viola Amherd (DM/LC) | Viola Amherd (DM/LC) |
| Polling firm | Fieldwork date | Sample size | Question wording | Yes | No | Neither | Net |
| Sotomo | 21–23 Oct 2023 | 23,207 | Sympathy | 61 | 15 | 24 | +46 |
| Sotomo | 22 Sep – 5 Oct 2023 | 31,850 | Sympathy | 59 | 16 | 25 | +43 |
| Sotomo | 4–25 Aug 2023 | 40,889 | Sympathy | 58 | 18 | 24 | +40 |
| Sotomo | 8–22 Jun 2023 | 25,216 | Sympathy | 57 | 16 | 27 | +41 |
| Sotomo | 20 Feb – 5 Mar 2023 | 27,058 | Sympathy | 59 | 16 | 25 | +43 |
| Sotomo | 26 Sep – 7 Oct 2022 | 21,038 | Sympathy | 49 | 22 | 28 | +27 |
| Sotomo | 29 Sep – 3 Oct 2021 | 27,976 | Sympathy | 57 | 14 | 28 | +43 |

### Satisfaction

The question was "How satisfied are you with the work of the Parliament/Federal Council?"
| Polling firm | Fieldwork date | Sample size | Parliament | Parliament | Parliament | Parliament | Federal Council | Federal Council | Federal Council | Federal Council |
| Polling firm | Fieldwork date | Sample size | Yes | No | Neither | Net | Yes | No | Neither | Net |
| LeeWas | 19–20 Sep 2023 | 29,081 | 42 | 57 | 1 | −15 | 49 | 50 | 1 | −1 |
| LeeWas | 10–11 Jul 2023 | 25,688 | 48 | 50 | 2 | −2 | 54 | 45 | 1 | +9 |
| LeeWas | 15–17 Feb 2023 | 27,668 | 50 | 49 | 1 | +1 | 55 | 44 | 1 | +11 |
| LeeWas | 15–16 Aug 2022 | 26,298 | 46 | 53 | 1 | −7 | 50 | 49 | 1 | +1 |
| LeeWas | 8–9 Dec 2021 | 19,324 | 56 | 43 | 1 | +13 | 65 | 34 | 1 | +31 |

## Federal Council

As federal councilors are elected indirectly by the Federal Assembly, all the polls in this section are hypotheticals to gauge popular support.

### Partisan composition

Sotomo polls allowed for multiple responses.
| Polling firm | Fieldwork date | Sample size | Magic formula | Grüne+1 SP−1 | Grüne+1 FDP−1 | Grüne+1 DM−1 | GLP+1 SP−1 | GLP+1 FDP−1 | GLP+1 DM−1 | Grüne+1 GLP+1 SP−1, FDP−1 | Grüne+1 GLP+1 SP−1, FDP−1 | Center-left+1 Right−1 | Center- left coalition | Center- right coalition | Bourgeois council | Other | Not specified |
| Sotomo | 21–23 Oct 2023 | 23,207 | 25 | 6 | 19 | – | – | – | – | 9 | 9 | 27 | – | – | 13 | 15 | 6 |
| Sotomo | 22 Sep – 5 Oct 2023 | 31,850 | 23 | 6 | 20 | – | – | – | – | 10 | 10 | 26 | – | – | 13 | 16 | 5 |
| LeeWas | 19–20 Sep 2023 | 29,081 | 26 | 7 | 20 | – | 16 | 10 | – | 12 | 12 | – | – | – | – | – | 9 |
| Sotomo | 4–25 Aug 2023 | 40,889 | 25 | 7 | 19 | – | – | – | – | 10 | 10 | 24 | – | – | 14 | 14 | 5 |
| LeeWas | 10–11 Jul 2023 | 25,688 | 27 | 7 | 19 | – | 17 | 9 | – | 12 | 12 | – | – | – | – | – | 9 |
| Sotomo | 8–22 Jun 2023 | 25,216 | 22 | 8 | 20 | – | – | – | – | 11 | 11 | 23 | – | – | 14 | 17 | 4 |
| Sotomo | 20 Feb – 5 Mar 2023 | 27,058 | 22 | 10 | 20 | – | – | – | – | 11 | 11 | 23 | – | – | 14 | 14 | 4 |
| LeeWas | 15–17 Feb 2023 | 27,668 | 19 | 8 | 17 | – | 19 | 12 | – | 14 | 14 | – | – | – | – | – | 11 |
| LeeWas | 15–16 Aug 2022 | 26,298 | 18 | 9 | 16 | – | 17 | 11 | – | 12 | 12 | – | – | – | – | – | 17 |
| LeeWas | 8–9 Dec 2021 | 19,324 | 28 | 9 | 22 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 2 | – | – | – | 5 | 11 | – | – | 7 |
* ↑ 2 SVP, 2 SP, 2 FDP, 1 DM
* ↑ 2 SVP, 2 FDP, 1 SP, 1 DM, 1 Grüne
* ↑ 2 SVP, 1 FDP, 2 SP, 1 DM, 1 Grüne
* ↑ 2 SVP, 2 FDP, 2 SP, 1 Grüne
* ↑ 2 SVP, 2 FDP, 1 SP, 1 GLP, 1 DM
* ↑ 2 SVP, 1 FDP, 2 SP, 1 DM, 1 GLP
* ↑ 2 SVP, 2 FDP, 2 SP, 1 GLP
* ↑ 2 SVP, 1 FDP, 1 SP, 1 DM, 1 Grüne, 1 GLP
* ↑ 3 Right (SVP, FDP), 4 Center-left (SP, DM, Grüne, GLP)
* ↑ None for the SP

### Re-election support

The question is "Which of the federal councilors should be re-elected?"
| Polling firm | Fieldwork date | Sample size | Maurer SVP/UDC | Sommaruga SP/PS | Berset SP/PS | Parmelin SVP/UDC | Cassis FDP/PLR | Amherd DM/LC | Keller- Sutter FDP/PLR | Rösti SVP/UDC | Baume- Schneider SP/PS | None | Don't know |
| LeeWas | 19–20 Sep 2023 | 29,081 | – | – | – | 36 | 29 | 57 | 54 | 53 | 34 | 9 | 6 |
| LeeWas | 10–11 Jul 2023 | 25,688 | – | – | – | 39 | 32 | 60 | 53 | 54 | 38 | 8 | 6 |
| LeeWas | 15–17 Feb 2023 | 27,668 | – | – | 49 | 37 | 33 | 58 | 54 | 47 | 39 | 7 | 4 |
| | 7 Dec 2022 | | Albert Rösti and Élisabeth Baume-Schneider are elected to the Federal Council | Albert Rösti and Élisabeth Baume-Schneider are elected to the Federal Council | Albert Rösti and Élisabeth Baume-Schneider are elected to the Federal Council | Albert Rösti and Élisabeth Baume-Schneider are elected to the Federal Council | Albert Rösti and Élisabeth Baume-Schneider are elected to the Federal Council | Albert Rösti and Élisabeth Baume-Schneider are elected to the Federal Council | Albert Rösti and Élisabeth Baume-Schneider are elected to the Federal Council | Albert Rösti and Élisabeth Baume-Schneider are elected to the Federal Council | Albert Rösti and Élisabeth Baume-Schneider are elected to the Federal Council | Albert Rösti and Élisabeth Baume-Schneider are elected to the Federal Council | Albert Rösti and Élisabeth Baume-Schneider are elected to the Federal Council |
| LeeWas | 15–16 Aug 2022 | 26,298 | 37 | 43 | 56 | 40 | 27 | 53 | 55 | – | – | 7 | 7 |
| LeeWas | 8–9 Dec 2021 | 19,324 | 34 | 50 | 64 | 50 | 27 | 57 | 56 | – | – | 5 | 5 |

### Successors
#### Socialist seat

| Polling firm | Fieldwork date | Sample size | Jositsch | Maillard | Herzog | Pult | Aebischer | Levrat | Jans | Funiciello | Wermuth | Nordmann | Meyer | Fehr | Nussbaumer | Someone else | Not specified |
| LeeWas | 19–20 Sep 2023 | 29,081 | 27 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 18 |
| LeeWas | 10–11 Jul 2023 | 25,688 | 24 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 20 |

#### Potential Green seat

| Polling firm | Fieldwork date | Sample size | Glättli | Mazzone | Ryser | Neukom | Pulver | Zopfi | Häsler | Weichelt | Andrey | Someone else | No Green | Not specified |
| LeeWas | 10–11 Jul 2023 | 25,688 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 48 | 20 |

#### Potential Green-liberal seat

| Polling firm | Fieldwork date | Sample size | Moser | Bäumle | Grossen | Bertschy | Someone else | No GLP | Not specified |
| LeeWas | 10–11 Jul 2023 | 25,688 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 43 | 23 |