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===Modern history===
===Modern history===
The SVP was founded in 1971. It became more conservative in the 1980s and 1990s.
In 1971, the BGB merged with two cantonal Democratic Parties, and the same year the name was changed to the Swiss People's Party (SVP).<ref name="pp.128">Skenderovic, pp. 128.</ref> The two Democratic Parties were politically centrist and socially liberal, so the merger shifted the SVP as a whole towards the political center, even though there were internal ideological debates.<ref>Skenderovic, pp. 128, 129.</ref> The merger was intended to increase the SVP's voting base, but it did not increase its electoral performance, remaining around 11 percent.<ref name="pp.128"/>
===Growth===
===Growth===