 Over the last 10 years, the population has grown at a rate of 0.8%.Most of the population in 2000 spoke German (87.1%), with Italian the second most common (2.8%) and Portuguese third (1.8%).In the 2007 election, the most popular party was the Swiss People's Party (SVP) which received 44.2% of the vote, followed by the Social Democratic Party of Switzerland (SPS) with 19.4%, the Christian Social Party (CSP) with 13.3% and the Green Party with 9.8%.