Voting Advice Applications - some examples
There a projects similar to the Wahl-O-Mat (Voting Advise Applications) in other countries as well.
Although we try to keep the list of VAAs below as updated as possible, we do not claim the list to be exhaustive, so if you have any suggestions for other VAAs that should be added, please do not hesitate to send us an e-mail.
State | Voting Advice Application (VAA) | Initiated by | Offers in |
European Union | Instituut voor Publiek en Politiek (IPP) & Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung (BpB) | English, Italian, German, Spanish, French and Polish | |
European Union | Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies (RCAS) & Kieskompas & NCCR Democracy/ Politools network | All languages of the EU | |
Austria | Donau-Universität Krems & Karl-Franzens-Universität Graz & Politools | German | |
Austria | Netbase / t0 - Institut für neue Kulturtechnologien | German | |
Belgium | De Standaard | Belgian | |
Belgium | Kieskompas | Belgian | |
Brazil | MeuVoto (offline) | CongressoAberto.com.br & e-Democracy Centre (Aarau) | Portuguese |
Bulgaria | Centre for Liberal Strategies | Bulgarian (Cyrillic script) | |
Canada | University of Toronto | English | |
Cyprus | Cyprus Vote Compass (offline) | European University Cyprus & e-Democracy Centre (Aarau) | Greek |
Czech Republic | KohoVolit.eu | Czech | |
Czech Republic | iDNES.cz | Czech | |
Denmark | Danmarks Radio | Danish | |
Denmark | Valgkompasset (offline) | Jyllands Posten (Newspaper) | Danish |
Egypt | Media in Cooperation and Transition | Arabic, English | |
Estonia | ERR (Estonia Public Broadcasting) & e-Governance Academy & University of Tartu | Estonian (also Cyrillic script) | |
Finland | Yleisradio | Finnish | |
Finland | Helsingin Sanomat | Finnish | |
France | 2012etvous.fr & ouest-france.fr & 20minutes.fr & Kieskompas | French, English | |
Germany | Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung (BpB) | German | |
Greece | Aristotle University of Thessaloniki & e-Democracy Centre (Aarau) | Greek | |
Greece | Aristotle University of Thessaloniki | Greek | |
Hungary | Voters' Compass (offline) | Association of European Election Officials | Magyar |
India | Kerala Election Platform (offline) | Universiyt of Kerala & Centre for Research on Direct Democracy | English, Malayalam |
Ireland | Pick Your Party (offline) | - | English |
Israel | Israel election compass (offline) | Israel Democracy Institute (IDI) & Y-net | Hebrew, English |
Italia | Politicae é participazione | Italian | |
Italia | Openpolis | Italian | |
Lithuania | Kaunas University of Technology & Mykolas Romeris University & University of Vilnius & myPolitIQ.eu | Lithuanian | |
Luxembourg | University of Luxembourg | French, German, Luxembourgish, Portuguese | |
Mexico | Kieskompas | English, Spanish | |
The Netherlands | Department of Political Science (University of Amsterdam) | Dutch | |
The Netherlands | Instituut voor Publiek en Politiek (IPP) | Dutch | |
The Netherlands | Politiek voor jongeren | Dutch | |
The Netherlands | Instituut voor Publiek en Politiek (IPP) | Dutch | |
Norway | TV2 | Norwegian | |
Norway | VG Velgerguide (offline) | Verdens Gang | Norwegian |
Peru | Peru escoge (offline) | University of Delaware & e-Democracy Centre (Aarau) | Spanish |
Poland | glosuje.com.pl | Polish | |
Poland | Centrum Edukacji Obywatelskiej | Polish | |
Portugal | Department of Social Science (University of Lisboa) & Kieskompas | Portuguese | |
Romania | Median Research Center | Romanian, English | |
Scotland | Scottish Vote Compass (offline) | University of Strathclyde/ e-Democracy Centre (Aarau) | English |
Slovakia | KohoVolit.eu | Slovakian, Czech | |
Spain | Elecciones (offline) | Elecciones.es | Spanish |
Sudan | Media in Cooperation and Transition | Arabic, English | |
Sweden | Aftonbladet | Swedish | |
Sweden | Sveriges Radio & Sveriges Television | Swedish | |
Switzerland | Vimentis.ch | German | |
Switzerland | Politools | German, English, French, Italian | |
Tunisia | Jeunes indépendants démocrates & Media in Cooperation and Transition | French | |
Tunisia | TuniComp | German, French | |
Tunisia | Kieskompas | Arabic, French | |
United Kingdom | Unlock Democracy | English | |
United Kingdom | Thoughtplay | English | |
USA | USA Today | English | |
USA | Kieskompas | English, Dutch, Swedish | |
USA | Glassbooth.org | English |
Last updated: July 2012
