I am one of the creators of deinwal.de
Your description is spot on, although we tried to exclude votes where something did not "go far enough" for some parties.
AMA.
Your description is spot on, although we tried to exclude votes where something did not "go far enough" for some parties.
AMA.
Have you considered adding references to relevant sections of the party programs on the detailed thesis view?
For example, it might be interesting to see on [1] that the SPD claims to be in favour of the bill they just voted against. This is just one example, but I think an easy way to compare a vote with future claims of the parties would be interesting.
- Is it useful to soberly look at an analysis of a few chosen questions and topics instead of looking at the fuller picture, like for example scandals the parties are involved in? How would a tool look like that includes both?
- The implicit stances of the parties do not seem to really come out. The questions seem to not be designed for that purpose. Is this a limitation of the questions asked, a limitation of the format or are there other limiting factors?
DeinWal is only one tool and it explicitly excludes stuff like scandals and looks and promises. You don't have to vote according to the result of DeinWal, but you can use it as an additional signal.
> The implicit stances of the parties do not seem to really come out. The questions seem to not be designed for that purpose. Is this a limitation of the questions asked, a limitation of the format or are there other limiting factors?
I disagree. I think the results really reflect the stances of the parties. People on social media who post their results seem to agree with their results no matter whether they are right or left. But yes, we are limited to the actual votes of the Bundestag and that means that we can not have a question about e.g. education.
Wouldn't have thought though I had the most in common with AfD and Green Party. Which is no problem, because I roll the dice for my vote since about 30 years. And neither of them did get my vote. In political and some other questions I am a supporter of a moderate Rhinehart process.
>AMA
When the voter is presented with these vote/policy questions, are they ranked in any way, for example, is a climate question 'more valuable' than the autobahn speed.
How is the order of the yes/no/neutral questions decided, for example from serious to less serious? Who decides?
Who has final say on the question wording?
The DeinWal-Team (Martin, Sophie and I) decided the selection, wording and ordering of the questions. We tried to be as neutral and fair as possible. We tried to use only votes where the outcome does not contradict some party values (e.g. because a party thinks a vote "does not go far enough").
One thing I like especially is how I can use deinwal.de to evaluate specific representatives for my direct vote.
It is really encouraging to hear how many people enjoyed the tool.