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Kieskompas brings social and political opinions into the picture. We do this using our electoral compass voting aid and by conducting panel research. >>

Electoral compass voting application

Our online Electoral Compass is the most reliable voting application: all views of the political parties are checked. >>

media productions

Together with the media we make unique journalistic productions. We research and deliver the data, the media make good stories out of it. >>

topic segmentation®

Kieskompas has developed a segmentation method that contributes to a balanced debate and proper valuation of interests.

iROZHLAS
18-08-2021

Předvolební programy ve 30 otázkách. Zjistěte, ke které straně máte letos nejblíž

Už jste se rozhodli, komu dáte svůj hlas v letošních sněmovních volbách? Pokud stále nemáte jasno, pomůže vám Volební kompas. Kalkulačka pomocí 30 otázek otestujte, která strana nejvíce souzní s vašimi názory a přesvědčením. Pomůcku připravila Fakulta sociálních věd Univerzity Karlovy ve spolupráci s nizozemskou výzkumnou společností Kieskompas a serverem iROZHLAS.cz. >>

Friedrich Ebert Stiftung
16-04-2021

Political parties of Greece – a map of the political landscape

This scientific article is about the Political parties of Greece and the placement of the political parties in the various dimensional axis. Kieskompas researchers worked together with other researchers to conduct the research. >>

Vegconomist.com
06-04-2021

70% of Dutch People in Favour of Government Intervention to Reduce Meat Consumption

A poll, commissioned by ProVeg Netherlands and carried out by Kieskompas, has examined Dutch attitudes towards the role of the government in reducing meat consumption. The findings show surprisingly high support for government intervention. >>

NL Times
15-03-2021

Millions of Dutch consult voting guides ahead of parliamentary election

Stemwijzer was consulted 5.9 million times on Sunday evening, compared to 5.3 million in the previous parliamentary election in 2017, ANP reports. And Kieskompas was consulted nearly 1.7 million times on Sunday evening. >>

NL Times
03-03-2021

Half of Dutch will vote for same party they did in previous election

Only 54 percent of voters will vote for the same party they voted for in 2017 in the parliamentary election happening two weeks from now. About 20 percent are still dithering about who to vote for. And 23 percent already decided to switch to another party, according to research by the VU University in Amsterdam and Kieskompas, led by political scientist Andre Krouwel, NOS reports. >>

NL Times
17-02-2021

Almost all political parties leaning more left: Election Guide

Almost all political parties in the Netherlands are shifting to the left, resulting in the center being less empty than in previous elections, election guide Kieskompas concluded based on the parties' election programs. Political parties moved to the left en masse when it comes to the economic field, with a few exceptions. Most parties also became more progressive in the cultural field, compared to the previous parliamentary election in 2017, Trouw reports. >>

EUROPP
26-01-2021

Has Covid-19 turned the Dutch into critics of globalisation?

The travel restrictions implemented across the world to tackle Covid-19 have led some observers to ask whether the era of globalisation might be coming to an end. Michal Onderco and Wolfgang Wagner present evidence from a new survey of the views of Dutch citizens on Covid-19 and globalisation. They find that while many citizens believe globalisation has gone too far, there remains strong demand for effective international governance. >>

B.T. Nyheder
03-11-2020

Er du iblandt?: Her er den danske Trump-vælger

Er du for eller imod dødsstraf, og skal rige betale mere i skat? 30.000 B.T.-læsere har den seneste uge svaret på en række spørgsmål for at se, om de er mest enige med præsidentkandidaterne Joe Biden eller Donald Trump. >>

Wall-street.ro
02-11-2020

Busolă electorală, Trump-metru, dezvoltată de Universitatea Babeș-Bolyai

Reprezentanții Facultății de Științe Politice, Administrative și ale Comunicării din cadrul Universității Babeș-Bolyai din Cluj-Napoca (UBB), în colaborare cu cercetători ai unor universități din SUA și Olanda eu dezvoltat o busolă electorală, Trump-metru, care permite compararea preferințelor politice ale utilizatorilor cu cele ale principalilor candidați la funcția de președinte al SUA. >>

BLITZ.BG
30-10-2020

Ако българите бяха американци, Тръмп щеше да спечели изборите

По-голяма част от българите одобряват политиката на Доналд Тръмп, сочи проучване, направено от холандския изследователски институт Kieskompas (Изборен Компас). Проучването обхваща няколко европейски страни, включително и България. >>

Friedrich Ebert Stiftung
30-10-2020

US-Wähler_innen-Analyse: Wer könnte Joe Biden zum Sieg verhelfen?

Das ist die zentrale Frage der Analyse „Who Decides The Election?“. Basierend auf empirischen Daten, befragte Kieskompas im Auftrag der Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, Wählergruppen, die eine Wahl des Demokraten, Joe Biden, in Betracht ziehen. Die Studie ist jetzt online. >>

Libertatea
29-10-2020

Donald Trump sau Joe Biden?

Românii au acum posibilitatea de a-și compara preferințele politice cu cele ale principalilor doi candidați în alegerile prezidențiale din SUA: Donald Trump și Joe Biden, mulțumită unei “busole electorale”, un instrument dezvoltat de cercetătorii de la Universitatea Babeș-Bolyai din Cluj și de la alte universități din Olanda și SUA. >>

T-Online
29-10-2020

Wie viel Trump steckt in Ihnen?

Wenige Tage vor der Wahl in den USA liegt Donald Trump in den Umfragen weiter hinter seinem Herausforderer Joe Biden. Mit diesem Test können Sie herausfinden, für wen Sie bei der Wahl stimmen würden. >>

20minutes
27-10-2020

Présidentielle américaine : Mais au fait, vous êtes plutôt Donald Trump ou Joe Biden ?

Venez tester votre opinion américaine sur notre Trumpobidenomètre >>

7sur7
28-10-2020

Trump ou Biden: de quel candidat êtes-vous le plus proche? Faites le test!

Pour vous aider à le savoir, nous avons créé un test reprenant 26 affirmations réparties en cinq thèmes: économie, santé, justice, culture et politique étrangère. En y répondant, vous saurez de quel candidat vous êtes le plus proche. Les réponses fournies permettront de répondre à la question suivante: à combien de pourcent êtes-vous proche de Donald Trump ou Joe Biden. >>

JETZT
20-10-2020

Wie viel Trump steckt in dir?

Damit auch Menschen in Deutschland das herausfinden können, hat ein Unternehmen den „Trump-O-Mat“ entwickelt. >>

UPDAY
16-10-2020

Test: Wie viel Trump steckt in dir?

Am 3. November wählt die USA. Wir in Deutschland können nicht mitmachen. Für die meisten hierzulande scheint jedoch klar: Trump muss weg. Aber wie viel Trump steckt womöglich in uns selbst? Dieser Test deckt es auf. >>

BLITZ.BG
14-10-2020

За кого бихте гласували като американец? Направете теста

На 3 ноември Америка ще избере Джо Байдън или Доналд Тръмп за свой нов президент. Но за какво точно се застъпват демократът и републиканецът? Направете теста и разберете дали сте отбор Тръмп или Байдън. >>

Net gazeti
23-09-2020

“საარჩევნო კომპასი” – გაიგეთ, რომელი პარტია დგას თქვენს შეხედულებებთან ახლოს

დღეს, 23 სექტემბერს, აპლიკაციის — “საარჩევნო კომპასი საქართველოს” პრეზენტაცია გაიმართა. აღნიშნული აპლიკაციის საშუალებით, დღეიდან kompasi.partiebi.ge-ზე შესულ ამომრჩეველს შეუძლია გაიგოს, მასთან ყველაზე ახლოს რომელი პარტიის ხედვები და პრიორიტეტები დგას. >>

First channel
23-09-2020

US Ambassador – It is promising and welcoming that many parties signed Rules for Political Conduct

I hope that 2020 parliamentary elections will be fair, free and will be held without major violations. This would be impressive for Georgia – Kelly Degnan, US Ambassador to Georgia said during the presentation of “Election Compass – Georgia” and Partiebi.Ge. >>

Dutch News
17-08-2020

One in 10 Dutch believe a coronavirus vaccine could come with a micro-chip

Some 10% of Dutch people believe in conspiracy theories which have sprung up around coronavirus, and this could be a risk when it comes to vaccination, research bureau Kieskompas has found. Read more at DutchNews.nl: >>

westfalen-blatt.de
03-06-2020

Wen wählen? Jugendparlament entwickelt Kommunalwahl-O-Mat für Schloß Holte-Stukenbrock

Schloß Holte-Stukenbrock (WB). Welche Partei hat für welche Themen in Schloß Holte-Stukenbrock die Lösungen, die mir am besten gefallen, und die ich deshalb bei der Kommunalwahl am 13. September wählen kann? Das können Jugendliche, die ab 16 Jahren den Stadtrat und den Bürgermeister wählen dürfen, einen Monat vor der Wahl mit Hilfe des Kommunalwahl-O-Mats entscheiden, den das Jugendparlament entwickelt. >>

blic.rs
29-05-2020

IZBORNI KOMPAS SAMO NA BLICU! Vlast ili opozicija - saznajte koga zaista PODRŽAVATE

Parlamentarni izbori u Srbiji su pred vratima i održaće se za manje od mesec dana - 21. juna. Međutim, na političkoj sceni Srbije vlada potpuna konfuzija. Ne zna se ko izlazi na izbore, ko ih i dalje bojkotuje, kampanja je gotovo nevidljiva, a stranke se gotovo i ne bave suštinim pitanjima koja muče ovo inače podeljeno društvo. >>

Medium.com
14-04-2020

Measuring each candidate’s ideological position based on the primary’s most salient issues

An analysis of where each Democratic primary candidate stands on major social and economic policy proposals >>

Medium.com
14-04-2020

Which voters back which candidates?

An analysis of the ideological positioning of each Democratic primary candidate’s voter base >>

Medium.com
07-02-2020

How much do the Democratic candidates really (dis)agree?

Let me just get right to it: they don’t disagree with each other a lot! When they do, it’s less about the principle than it is about specific policy to achieve very similar goals. How do I know? Because I read all their platforms, listened to their interviews, and mapped them in the Democratic Primaries Election Compass. >>

Kieskompas
01-02-2020

Election Compass for the U.S. Democratic primaries

Kieskompas developed a voting advice application for the U.S. Democratic Party's primary elections. >>

TPI News
26-05-2019

Europee: nasce il Navigatore elettorale per chi non sa ancora chi votare

Europee navigatore elettorale – Un gruppo di ricercatori dell’Università di Pisa ha dato vita nell’ambito di un progetto internazionale ad un “navigatore elettorale”. >>

Friedrich Ebert Stiftung
14-05-2019

Strategy Debates of political parties in context of European Elections 2019

How are political parties of the political groups in the European Parliament positioned? How do they react to changes in the society and with which topics do they position themselves where in the political debate? In this overview of strategy debates of political parties in selected European (Germany, France, Hungary, the Netherlands, Sweden and United Kingdom), the authors strive to present political analyses not in text form, but graphically and pointedly. >>

Kieskompas
14-05-2019

Kieskompas (Election compass) online in five European countries

The Kieskompas research institute has mapped out the position of political parties for the European elections in five countries. >>

Kieskompas
14-05-2019

WAHL-KOMPASS STATT WAHLOMAT?

A video (in German) about our Wahlkompass >>

20 minutes France
13-05-2019

Elections européennes: Une boussole pour se situer avant de voter

Un choix difficile alors que 34 listes ont déjà été déposées pour ce scrutin. Afin de vous aider à vous positionner par rapport aux différents programmes et à identifier la liste la plus proche de vos idées, 20 Minutes et Ouest France se sont associés au Centre d’étude de la vie politique française ( Cevipof) de Sciences Po pour vous proposer une nouvelle Boussole spéciale élections européennes 2019. >>

Westfälische Nachrichten
10-05-2019

Per Kompass Richtung Wahlurne

Politologen der Uni Münster entwickeln Online-Wahlhilfe Per Kompass Richtung Wahlurne Münster - Die Europawahl steht kurz bevor und viele der Wahlberechtigten entscheiden sich erst kurz vor dem Urnengang, wo sie ihr Kreuz machen. Politologen der Uni Münster haben eine Online-Wahlhilfe entwickelt, die sich von anderen in wesentlichen Punkten unterscheidet. Von Pjer Biederstädt >>

Aftonbladet
06-05-2019

Succé för Aftonbladets valkompass – gör den du med!

EU-valet närmar sig med stormsteg – om knappt tre veckor är det dags att bege sig till valurnorna. För att hjälpa läsarna har Aftonbladet tillsammans med Göteborgs universitet tagit fram en tjänst för att du lättare ska kunna orientera dig och hitta det parti som stämmer bäst överens med dina övertygelser. >>

Social & Democrats
08-03-2019

PUBLIC PERCEPTIONS TOWARDS THE IMPACT OF TECH GIANTS AND SOCIAL MEDIA IN SIX COUNTRIES

The results of the survey suggest that European citizens are critical of businesses at large, in particular towards multinational corporations. More than 55 per cent of the respondents in all countries combined, (strongly) distrust multinational corporations, while less than 10 per cent have trust in these business entities. >>

Friedrich Ebert Stiftung
01-01-2019

Strategy debates global

How are political movements positioned? How do they react to changes in the society and with which topics do they position themselves where in the political debate? In this overview of political strategy debates of political parties in selected European and non-European countries, the authors strive to present political analyzes not in text form, but graphically and pointedly. We hope with this product contributes to a constructive discussion. >>

Paultang.nl
03-12-2018

Widespread public support for tax on tech giants

More than 75 per cent of all citizen in Denmark, Sweden, France, The Netherlands, Germany and Austria (strongly) agree with introducing a fair tax on tech companies. Moreover, voters across Europe are also in favour of a more ambitious tax than EU-ministers are contemplating as a majority of voters favour to include tech giants (like Amazon and Netflix), even if the United States raises objections. >>

London School of Economics
22-03-2016

Supporters of Clinton and Trump have diametrically opposed preferences for how the United States sho

The results shown in Figure 1 indicate that in line with both candidates’ policy proposals, their supporters have diametrically opposed preferences on how the US should be governed. In every realm of governance, the two categories of voters have conflicting opinions. >>

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