"Which way to vote?" websites

BBC News today http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/election-2017-40057329 offers links to three such websites from which, by answering appropriate questions to test your stance, you can supposedly find out which Party most suits you.

See:

ISideWith https://uk.isidewith.com/political-quiz

GE2017 http://ge2017.com/quiz

Who Should You Vote For http://www.whoshouldyouvotefor.com/

BBC News today http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/election-2017-40057329 offers links to three such websites from which, by answering appropriate questions to test your stance, you can supposedly find out which Party most suits you.

 

See:

ISideWith https://uk.isidewith.com/political-quiz

GE2017 http://ge2017.com/quiz

Who Should You Vote For http://www.whoshouldyouvotefor.com/

Hmmm...

... now if only there was a website that'll tell me which of those websites I should believe!

Hmmm...

 

... now if only there was a website that'll tell me which of those websites I should believe!

I come out mostly the same on all 3 which is nice

80% match to Greens

30% match to Tories. I have more in common with UKIP than the Tories

unknowledgeable

Grace Marner says political quizzes are a simpler way to understand politics

Good god. We're doomed

I'll give the first one a go (Isidewith)

edit: it seems odd to give you the option to answer more than the minimum. I'll do the lot if it doesn't take more than 5 mins

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edit again: How ridiculous, look at this one:

Should laptops be banned on all direct flights departing from the Middle East?

 

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Yes

No

Yes, and ban all flights departing from high-risk airports

Yes, and ban all electronics on direct flights departing from high-risk airports

No, this discriminates against Muslims

Add your own stance

If this is how people not interested/unknowledgeable about politics want to work out their political stance, then we're all finished.

The problem I have with these websites is that it doesn't go into the consequences of particular policies.

A question might ask you to make a judgement on a policy that sounds wonderful in principle, but the consequences of that policy might be disastrous. Unless you have a full understanding of the policy and its consequences its hard really to make a fully informed decision.

I gave up half way through. This one is garbage and reminded me of SCC type questionnaires. Vague, often loaded, and ridiculous black and white options to click on.

The top half of it I got:

Isidewith

Liberal Democrat54%

Labour51%

UKIP42%

Green42%Green

Conservative39%

Second one, GE2017.com since I'm bored (and ill) - this is dreadful this one.

63% Con

48% Lab

65% Lib

65% Ukip

44% Green

Third one: Equally as bad as other two...

Your result: Liberal Democrat/Conservative

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The problem I have with these websites is that it doesn't go into the consequences of particular policies.

Or any kind of details for that matter!

A question might ask you to make a judgement on a policy that sounds wonderful in principle, but the consequences of that policy might be disastrous. Unless you have a full understanding of the policy and its consequences its hard really to make a fully informed decision.

Precisely. This type of thing targets younger people who prefer twitter/social media type things rather than any kind of thought or dialogue. I'm surprised the BBC would promote such dreadfully written questionnaires.

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I think a better strategy is mandatory SimCity 3000 lessons for all school children!

I gave up half way through. This one is garbage and reminded me of SCC type questionnaires. Vague, often loaded, and ridiculous black and white options to click on.

 

The top half of it I got:

 

Isidewith

Liberal Democrat54%

Labour51%

UKIP42%

Green42%Green

Conservative39%

 

Second one, GE2017.com since I'm bored (and ill) - this is dreadful this one.

 

63% Con

48% Lab

65% Lib

65% Ukip

44% Green

 

Third one: Equally as bad as other two...

 

Your result: Liberal Democrat/Conservative

 

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Or any kind of details for that matter!

 

 

 

Precisely. This type of thing targets younger people who prefer twitter/social media type things rather than any kind of thought or dialogue. I'm surprised the BBC would promote such dreadfully written questionnaires.

 

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I think a better strategy is mandatory SimCity 3000 lessons for all school children!

Ash, I think they are useful for people who maybe don't follow politics very much so perhaps don't know what each party propose. For people who know quite a bit about what has been proposed already there doesn't seem much point in answering a questionnaire as surely we can make up our own minds? I also had issue that you can write your own stance and how this skews things. I came out on one of those quizzes with UKIP as my third match and looking through the rationale, it was because I'd answered negatively to open immigration but then written in a stance to explain it and somehow this added massive weight to me being anti-immigration and therefore must love UKIP...

80% SNP

63% Sinn Fein

47% Plaid Cymru

45% DUP

I'll have to move.

80% SNP

63% Sinn Fein

47% Plaid Cymru

45% DUP

 

I'll have to move.

Thankfully most of them seem to have an option to filter by parties for your country otherwise I come out fairly staunchly SNP!

My results from ISideWith were pretty much spot on, 75% the party I intend to vote for.

My results from ISideWith were pretty much spot on

58% Labour

57% UKIP

55% Conservatives

55% LibDems

47% Greens

-I'm beginning to understand why the Macron presidential vote appealed to me so much: no traditional political shoe fits anymore!