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Voting aid applications and the effect of statement selection
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Author
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Abstract
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| Voting Aid Applications (VAA) helping voters make their decision at the ballots have become more popular throughout Western Europe. They typically consist of a number of statements that are used to match voters with parties. Drawing on a large-scale simulation of 500,000 different configurations of 36 statements and on a random sample of Belgian voters, the paper shows that many of these combinations produce diverging information for the participants. The study establishes that the specific selection of statements has a considerable impact on the 'voting advice' that is produced: some configurations favour certain parties, other configurations benefit other parties. |
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Language
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English
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Source (journal)
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West European politics. - London, 1978, currens
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Publication
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London
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2009
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ISSN
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0140-2382
[print]
1743-9655
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Volume/pages
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32
:6
(2009)
, p. 1161-1180
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ISI
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000273342700005
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Full text (Publisher's DOI)
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