E-tools for civic education : experiences from the election campaign in Switzerland 2007

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E-tools for civic education : experiences from the election campaign in Switzerland 2007
Author(s)
Ladner A., Nadig G.
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IDHEAP
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2008
Number
3/2008
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Working paper de l'IDHEAP
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english
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Paper presented at the Civic Education and Political Participation Workshop at the Université de Montréal; 17-19 June, 2008; Montreal, Canada
Abstract
Political participation is often very low in Switzerland especially among students and young citizens. In the run-up to the Swiss parliamentary election in October 2007 several online tools and campaigns were developed with the aim to increase not only the level of information about the political programs of parties and candidates, but also the electoral participation of younger citizens.
From a practical point of view this paper will describe the development, marketing efforts and the distribution as well as the use of two of these tools : the so-called "Parteienkompass" (party compass) and the "myVote"-tool - an online voting assistance tool based on an issue-matching system comparing policy preferences between voters and candidates on an individual level. We also havea look at similar tools stemming from Voting Advice Applications (VAA) in other countries in Western Europe.
The paper closes with the results of an evaluation and an outlook to further developments and on-going projects in the near future in Switzerland.
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