What is it about?

Voting requires lots of information. In most democracies, elections leave voters with dozens, if not thousands, of voting possibilities. Voting Advice Applications (VAAs) have primarily been recognized as a guide for voters through their electoral decision-making. However, the use of such digital tools is still limited, and the reasons for this limited use are unclear. We investigate how socio-political predispositions of individual voters affect their use of this tool and investigate how the complete information about the existence of the tool moderates this effect.

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Why is it important?

Understanding what drives the use of digital innovation is fundamental for developing new technologies. Understanding the bias in resource allocation enables us to work for better understanding and inclusion of non-users. This is especially true regarding information during electoral campaigns in democracies. Ensuring that all voters have access to similar information during elections is a crucial component of democracies.

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We hope this article will be interesting and give insight into new research and developments in political science and digital innovation.

Maxime Walder
Universite de Geneve

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This page is a summary of: Explaining the (non-) Use of Voting Advice Applications., Digital Government Research and Practice, September 2024, ACM (Association for Computing Machinery),
DOI: 10.1145/3689214.
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