A Dutch
website that helps people choose the candidate who best represents their views
is proving a success in the run-up to Mexico’s presidential elections due to be
held on 1 July.
Some
250,000 people visited the Voting Compass during the first 10 days after its
launch. The website, developed by Amsterdam’s Free University, helps people
determine their political preferences. It was presented in Mexico City by Radio
Netherlands Worldwide on 28 May in cooperation with a number of Mexican media.
The programme offers voters thirty questions to see to what extent the
candidate agree with their views.
Mexico’s CIDE University and Amsterdam’s Free
University have worked together to map the candidates’ stances on a number of
key issues.
The Mexican
scientists emphasise that the Voting Compass does not offer advice on how
people should cast their vote but merely helps voters to position themselves
with regard to the views the candidates say they hold. Radio Netherlands
Worldwide joined the project on the grounds that it promotes free speech in a
country where media are widely seen as dominated by the government and its
various news outlets.
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