Finnish online candidate guides played an unprecedented role in last month's European Parliamentary elections, according to a survey carried out for YLE. Younger voters in particular have begun to rely on automated internet machines to help choose a candidate in line with their own political views. These engines search databases of participating candidate's responses to a wide range of political and personal questions. They then suggest to the user which politicians offer the closest match with their own opinions.
Younger voters in particular have begun to rely on automated internet machines to help choose a candidate in line with their own political views. These engines search databases of participating candidate's responses to a wide range of political and personal questions. They then suggest to the user which politicians offer the closest match with their own opinions.
I've discussed this before on ET. I don't know whether the same services are available in other countries. Basically the best one (Yle) works by collating a detailed questionnaire that voters complete with the answers of candidates to these same questions. You can't be me, I'm taken
