 In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the SVP which received 41.5% of the vote.The next three most popular parties were the CVP (28%), the SP (9.9%) and the FDP (9.4%).In Altstätten about 64.4% of the population (between age 25–64) have completed either non-mandatory upper secondary education or additional higher education (either university or a "Fachhochschule").