Electoral Compass
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The Electoral Compass is a voting advice website
. Visitors can use the application to discover their position in the political landscape for upcoming elections. Electoral Compass was officially established at the VU Amsterdam on October 23, 2007.
Users are asked to give an opinion on 36 propositions, clustered within 12 issues. The result appears in a spectrum, as a pencil point, between the different political parties or candidates. Visitors can further analyse their political preferences by clicking on the various issues, after which they can compare their position on these different topics with the candidates or parties.
. Within 3 weeks 1 million people visited Electoral Compass USA. At the end of the campaign, up to 3.8 million people used the website to obtain information about the candidates.
a compass was developed for the Israeli Knesset
elections of 2009. Over 40.000 voters visited the website in the first hour after launch alone. Around election day, a total number of 600.000 people visited the compass.
and the Swiss Smartvote
, Electoral Compass is creating the EU Profiler, a voting advice website for the upcoming European Parliament election
in 2009.
Voting Advice Application
A voting advice application or voting aid application is an Internet application that helps voters find a party that stands closest to their preferences. VAAs are a new phenomenon in modern election campaigning....
. Visitors can use the application to discover their position in the political landscape for upcoming elections. Electoral Compass was officially established at the VU Amsterdam on October 23, 2007.
Users are asked to give an opinion on 36 propositions, clustered within 12 issues. The result appears in a spectrum, as a pencil point, between the different political parties or candidates. Visitors can further analyse their political preferences by clicking on the various issues, after which they can compare their position on these different topics with the candidates or parties.
Electoral Compass USA
Electoral Compass USA, developed in cooperation with the Wall Street Journal, was presented on January 2, 2008. Electoral Compass USA provides information about the 2008 US presidential electionsUnited States presidential election, 2008
The United States presidential election of 2008 was the 56th quadrennial presidential election. It was held on November 4, 2008. Democrat Barack Obama, then the junior United States Senator from Illinois, defeated Republican John McCain, the senior U.S. Senator from Arizona. Obama received 365...
. Within 3 weeks 1 million people visited Electoral Compass USA. At the end of the campaign, up to 3.8 million people used the website to obtain information about the candidates.
Israel Election Compass
In collaboration with the Israel Democracy InstituteIsrael Democracy Institute
The Israel Democracy Institute , established in 1991, is an independent, nonpartisan, nonprofit think tank in Jerusalem, Israel. -History and goals:...
a compass was developed for the Israeli Knesset
Knesset
The Knesset is the unicameral legislature of Israel, located in Givat Ram, Jerusalem.-Role in Israeli Government :The legislative branch of the Israeli government, the Knesset passes all laws, elects the President and Prime Minister , approves the cabinet, and supervises the work of the government...
elections of 2009. Over 40.000 voters visited the website in the first hour after launch alone. Around election day, a total number of 600.000 people visited the compass.
EU Profiler
Together with the European University InstituteEuropean University Institute
The European University Institute ' in Florence is an international postgraduate and post-doctoral teaching and research institute established by European Union member states to contribute to cultural and scientific development in the social sciences, in a European perspective...
and the Swiss Smartvote
Smartvote
smartvote is a voting advice application for citizens in the forefront of elections. In Switzerland Politools Network offers these services since 2003 and on the basis of project cooperations partly also in foreign countries .- Functioning :On the basis of a standardised questionnaire of 30–70...
, Electoral Compass is creating the EU Profiler, a voting advice website for the upcoming European Parliament election
European Parliament election, 2009
Elections to the European Parliament were held in the 27 member states of the European Union between 4 and 7 June 2009. A total of 736 Members of the European Parliament were elected to represent some 500 million Europeans, making these the biggest trans-national elections in history...
in 2009.