Vote matching, but the other way around
2019 vote EU is an online tool that allows you to explore the opinions of over 250 political parties from 28 EU member states on 22 policy statements for the 2019 European Elections.
How it works
First select the country you wish to explore. Then for any of the statements, click on Agree, Neutral, Disagree or No Opinion. This will filter all the political parties to only those who also provided that opinion for that statement. It also marks all the statements that these filtered parties all agree on, or have some mixed opinions on. Continue clicking narrowing down the list. You'll be surprised how quickly you find unique combinations. Enjoy!
What is different from other vote matching sites?
Many vote matching sites ask you to provide your opinion on a set of policy statements, and after optionally setting weights for the opinions that are most important to you, you get an overview of which party matches best with your opinions. And although this works fine, the approach from 2019 vote EU is different: ultimately, if you vote for a political party, you vote for all of the opinions of that political party. So, it doesn't really matter if your opinion matches 50% or 75%, you vote for the complete package of opinions of that party . This means that it is valuable to get a sense of overview: how does this party differ from the others? Does it have unique positions? If I agree with this position, what do I automatically agree with if I vote for them? etc.
This can yield some interesting insights, for instance:
- In Sweden, all of the parties are against the legalization of the personal use of soft drugs. So, even before the elections, we already know that 1) if you're from Sweden and have a different opinion, you're out of luck, and 2) all of the 20 MEP's in EU Parliament representing Sweden that will be elected will have this opinion, guaranteed.
- In The Netherlands, Green Left and Democrats '66 agree on 21 of 22 statements. At least based on these statements, there is hardly a difference between these two.
- In Malta there are just 3 political parties. For some statements each of them has a distinct opinion. If you have a strong opinion about one of these, then this single statement may determine which party matches the given opinion best.
Data
The source of the data is the EU and I . The 2019 has not been released publicly as open source data yet, but in consent with the authors of EU and I the data could already be used. Read more about how EU and I has collected the data and about their methodology. The data for 2019 vote EU was collected from the EU and I website on May 2nd, 2019. The data has not been modified except for:
- The original data distinguishes between "strongly agree" and "tend to agree", as well as "strongly disagree" and "tend to disagree". 2019 vote EU groups these into "agree" and "disagree" respectively.
- EU and I allows you to select between Walloon and Flemish. The 2019 vote EU merges these into a single Belgium country.
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This website is in no way associated with EU and I. All information is subject to change without prior notice. The EUI expressly disclaims any liability for errors or omissions therein.
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