WahlSwiper

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Theses are shown on cards and can be answered by swiping your finger.

The WahlSwiper is a cross-platform election recommendation application for smartphones , Amazon's voice assistant Alexa and as a web application in the browser , which offers decision-making aid for currently pending Bundestag and state elections and was first offered for the 2017 Bundestag election . The app is operated by the advertising agency MOVACT. The app uses the concept of the dating app Tinder to guide users through the questionnaire . For the first time for the 2019 European elections , the decision-making aid was also launched in other countries, where it appears under the name VoteSwiper in countries that are not German-speaking.

The questions of the WahlSwiper are worked out in cooperation with various bodies, including the Ludwig Maximilians University in Munich , the Neue Osnabrücker Zeitung or the United Nations Society Nürnberg eV

function

The user takes a position on around 30 political questions. The application only offers the user “yes” and “no” as possible answers. The user can also answer the questions in a playful way by simply “swiping” left or right. There is also the option of skipping theses if you do not want to answer them. Skipped questions are not taken into account when calculating the result. For each question, users have the opportunity to watch short animated explanatory videos that briefly explain the topic.

The user can then select the parties for whom an evaluation is to be carried out. In contrast to the established Wahl-O-Mat , which allows a maximum of eight parties for evaluation, there is no such limit with the WahlSwiper. Your own answers are then compared with the authorized answers of various parties. As an evaluation, the user receives a bar chart that shows which party he or she agrees with to what extent, as well as a table with a detailed comparison of their own answers with the statements of the selected parties.

Both editions of the WahlSwiper take into account all parties admitted to the respective election who have answered the questionnaires.

Users also have the option of saving their results so that they can compare them over the course of the election campaign.

use

The WahlSwiper for the 2017 Bundestag election was used by over 500,000 people who answered a total of over 20 million questions.

criticism

The WahlSwiper received mostly positive reviews after its publication for the 2017 federal election. The innovative design and the helpful explanatory videos for each question were particularly appreciated.

The function of being able to save results is rated as practical, as is the possibility of reading further information at the end, such as the election program.

Among other things, the strong simplification is criticized, because “yes” and “no” are often not sufficient answer options. Thereupon the possibility was created to skip questions and to adjust individual answers afterwards.

On 15 May 2019, the party sued volts Germany during the European elections in 2019 , the Federal Agency for Civic Education , which the Wahl-O-Mat operates, for contempt of equal opportunities, since the restriction discriminates against a maximum of eight selectable parties small parties. In the course of public communication, Volt Germany listed the WahlSwiper as a constitutional alternative.

Awards

At the international Webby Awards 2018 the WahlSwiper was nominated in the category “Public Service & Activism” and honored with a “Webby For Good”, an award for projects that are particularly committed to the common good.

At the German Design Awards 2019 , which are presented by the German Design Council , it received the “Special Mention” award in the “Excellent Communications Design” category.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Find the right party for the federal election with our WahlSwiper . In: MOVACT . August 14, 2017 ( movact.de [accessed May 25, 2018]).
  2. ↑ NEW: Project Wahlswiper . In: United Nations Society Nuremberg eV April 29, 2018 ( unsn.de [accessed May 25, 2018]).
  3. ↑ WahlSwiper on Twitter . In: Twitter . September 25, 2017 ( twitter.com [accessed May 25, 2018]).
  4. ↑ Bundestag election | We are testing 3 alternatives to Wahl-O-Mat . August 31, 2017 ( handelsblatt.com [accessed May 25, 2018]).
  5. ↑ WahlSwiper - Download . In: netzwelt . September 14, 2017 ( netzwelt.de [accessed May 25, 2018]).
  6. ↑ Jana Kugoth: This Wahl-O-Mat works like Tinder . In: Gründerszene Magazin . August 15, 2017 ( gruenderszene.de [accessed May 25, 2018]).
  7. ↑ Tessa Högele: There is now a dating app with which you can find your dream party . In: ze.tt . August 14, 2017 ( ze.tt [accessed May 25, 2018]).
  8. ↑ WahlSwiper: We take your feedback very seriously. We are currently working on an update by emphasizing the possibility not to answer questions and a possibility to change all questions and weightings again at the end. What do you think of it and what else do you want? Pic.twitter.com/KINQ7E9D35. In: @WahlSwiper. April 27, 2019, accessed May 21, 2019 .
  9. ↑ Volt Germany is taking legal measures against the famous party comparison system #wahlomat. @valeriestern, president of @DeutschlandVolt, states that all alternatives have to be shown in an equal way. Other options like the @VoteSwiper prove that it's possible. In: twitter. Volt Europa, May 15, 2019, accessed on May 21, 2019 .
  10. ↑ MOVACT nominated for a Webby Award . In: MOVACT . April 4, 2018 ( movact.de [accessed on May 25, 2018]).
  11. ↑ WahlSwiper | The Webby Awards . 2018 ( webbyawards.com [accessed May 25, 2018]).
  12. ↑ WahlSwiper - Special Mention - Apps - German Design Award. Accessed January 31, 2019 .