Special Issue on Voting Advice Applications and State of the Art: Theory, Practice, and Comparative Insights
Journal
International Journal of Electronic Governance
Date Issued
2012
Abstract
Online voting tools, increasingly known as voting advice (aid) or engagement
applications (VAAs or VEAs), progressively have been used in numerous European
countries with the objective of offering to prospective voters a matching with the
candidates/parties, providing clear information regarding the party/candidate agendas and
clarifying the positions of candidates/parties on a series of policy issues. Although such
tools have been initially used in the Netherlands and Germany, very soon they have
penetrated many other national contexts with great success. They have been deployed in
different types of electoral contests, like national presidential or parliamentary elections
as well as less salient elections, like the elections for the European Parliament or regional
elections. Despite the claim that such tools are considered especially adapted to multi-
party electoral settings rather than to two party systems (e.g. the US with its
Republican/Democrat contest) (Raimonaite 2010), they can still be useful by being
candidate instead of party-based.
applications (VAAs or VEAs), progressively have been used in numerous European
countries with the objective of offering to prospective voters a matching with the
candidates/parties, providing clear information regarding the party/candidate agendas and
clarifying the positions of candidates/parties on a series of policy issues. Although such
tools have been initially used in the Netherlands and Germany, very soon they have
penetrated many other national contexts with great success. They have been deployed in
different types of electoral contests, like national presidential or parliamentary elections
as well as less salient elections, like the elections for the European Parliament or regional
elections. Despite the claim that such tools are considered especially adapted to multi-
party electoral settings rather than to two party systems (e.g. the US with its
Republican/Democrat contest) (Raimonaite 2010), they can still be useful by being
candidate instead of party-based.
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