Impact of voting advice applications on voters's decision-making
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Title
Impact of voting advice applications on voters's decision-making
Issued date
09/2010
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english
Number of pages
27
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Paper presented at the Conference "Internet, Politics, Policy 2010: An Impact Assessment" September 16-17 at the Oxford Internet Institute (OII), University of Oxford, dipsonible à cette adresse: http://ipp.oii.ox.ac.uk/sites/ipp.oii.ox.ac.uk/files/documents/IPP2010_Ladner_Fivaz_Pianzola_Paper.pdf
Abstract
So-called online Voting Advice Applications (VAAs) have become very popular all over Europe. Millions of voters are using them as an assistance to make up
their minds for which party they should vote. Despite this popularity there are only very few studies about the impact of these tools on individual electoral choice. On the basis of the Swiss VAA smartvote we present some first findings about the question whether VAAs do have a direct impact on the actual vote of
their users. In deed, we find strong evidence that Swiss voters were affected by smartvote. However, our findings are somewhat contrary to the results of
previous studies from other countries. Furthermore, the quality of available data for such studies needs to be improved. Future studies should pay attention to both: the improvement of the available data, as well as the explanation of the large variance of findings between the specific European countries.
their minds for which party they should vote. Despite this popularity there are only very few studies about the impact of these tools on individual electoral choice. On the basis of the Swiss VAA smartvote we present some first findings about the question whether VAAs do have a direct impact on the actual vote of
their users. In deed, we find strong evidence that Swiss voters were affected by smartvote. However, our findings are somewhat contrary to the results of
previous studies from other countries. Furthermore, the quality of available data for such studies needs to be improved. Future studies should pay attention to both: the improvement of the available data, as well as the explanation of the large variance of findings between the specific European countries.
Keywords
Voting advice applications, e-democracy, electoral choice
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