Advising 1 million people on their political identity
EuProfiler.eu won this years World eDemocracy Forum Award. It's an online tool that was used by 2,5 million citizens during the last European elections. Over 1 million people completed the procedures and received advice on the political party most similar to their ideals. It's an impartial tool that allowed citizens to compare their opinions with those of over 300 European political parties before voting in June's European Parliament elections. It allowed citizens to easily find the political party matching their political identity.
It explains itself as a Voting Advice Application and:
an impartial tool designed to inform potential voters and other interested users about the political landscape in Europe ahead of the European Parliament elections in June 2009. Amongst others, it provides answers to the following questions: Which parties are running? Where do they stand on the important issues? Where do I stand in relation to the parties? All of these questions and more are answered in the few minutes it takes to fill out a questionnaire.
Professors Alexandre Trechsel and Fabian Breuer of the European Institute of Florence explained their motivations for the project at the recent e-Democracy awards workshop.
(via eDemocracy-forum)
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