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Radio Netherlands Worldwide has launched a
vote compass for Venezuela’s upcoming presidential election. ‘La Brújula Presidencial 2012’ is an online tool that helps voters clarify their choice in a
profoundly polarised society.
On the vote
compass website, visitors are presented with 30 statements about various
political, social and economic topics. After filling in the responses, the
voter is advised which candidate best matches his or her preferences.
Professor
Gabriel Reyes, at the Universidad Católica Andrés Bello in Caracas, explained
at Thursday’s launch that the project aims to help voters who are undecided or
voters who want to check if their choice best matches their own views.
The Vote
Compass has been developed by André Krouwel, political scientist and professor
at the Free University of Amsterdam. In partnership with RNW he has previously
launched similar Compasses in Morocco, Tunisia and Egypt and this is the second
time a vote compass has been made available in Latin America. More than 340,000
people completed the Mexican Vote Compass earlier this year.
The Vote
Compass has been used in more than 45 elections around the world. Venezuela’s
voters can access their version via the internet sites of MSN Venezuela,
newspapers Últimas Noticias, El Diario de Guayana, El Nacional, radio station
Fe y Alegría, and the Spanish site of Radio Netherlands Worldwide.
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