Wahl-O-Mat

The Wahl-O-Mat for the state elections in Saxony will be available from July 31st around midday, the Wahl-O-Mat for the state elections in Thuringia from August 6th in the afternoon and the Wahl-O-Mat for the state elections in Brandenburg from August 26th. Available around midday August.

Find out which parties are closest to your positions:

Which parties and electoral associations do you have the most agreement with on 38 important issues?

In order to use the app and play the Wahl-O-Mat, an internet connection is required.

Wahl-O-Mat
The Wahl-O-Mat is a question-and-answer tool that shows which party admitted to an election is closest to your own political position. 38 political theses can be answered with "agree", "disagree", "neutral" or "skip thesis". All parties admitted to the election are invited. take part in the Wahl-O-Mat. This will allow you to cross-reference your own responses with those of the parties. The Wahl-O-Mat is not a voting recommendation, but rather an information offering about elections and politics.

Your Wahl-O-Mat result
The Wahl-O-Mat calculates the degree of personal agreement with the selected parties. By clicking on the party names you will find short descriptions of all parties. Under "More information about the party" you will find a short scientific profile of the respective party.

Examine your result:
- Under “Tuning” you can adjust your positions and weighting and immediately see how your changes affect your result.
- In the “party comparison” you can see at a glance which theses selected parties agree or contradict each other on.
- Under “Reasons for the theses” the positions and reasons of all parties are listed sorted by theses. The parties are sorted and displayed according to their answers (agree, neutral, disagree).
- Under "Viewpoints" you will find all of a party's positions and justifications for all 38 theses at a glance. Simply select this from all the parties registered to vote.

Accessibility
The Wahl-O-Mat was designed to be barrier-free. Additionally it offers the following
Functions that you can use using the corresponding symbols at the bottom right:

- Read-aloud function: After activation, you can listen to the text on the corresponding page. You can use the controls to pause and resume the reading function, mute it or jump to the previous or next reading text.
- Sign language: The icon opens a video that shows you
Information on the respective page is provided in German sign language. On the home page you will find general information about the Wahl-O-Mat, in the theses area the respective thesis is presented and after the theses you will receive an explanation of the possibilities of the respective page.
- Plain language: Here you will find general information about the Wahl-O-Mat and how it works in plain language.