The Wahl-O-Mat: a political match made online - The Globe and Mail

The Wahl-O-Mat: a political match made online - The Globe and Mail:

Germany's electoral questionnaire helps voters select the candidates who share their views.

On Sunday, more than 60 million Germans will go to the polls. By then, about 15 per cent will have used the Wahl-O-Mat, Germany's online vote selector tool that matches an individual's policy preferences with those of the candidates or parties. The first such device, the StemWijzer, was introduced during the 1998 election in the Netherlands. There are now selectors available in about 15 European countries.