Smartvote Australia

17/11/2020

In today's The Canberra Times, Patrick Dumont and Mark Fletcher sketch some of the highlights of the smartvote data. What were the most important issues? To what extent did parties and candidates align with voters? All this and more:

As well as providing information to voters, smartvote allowed users to indicate the relative importance of issues to them. So what did we learn?

11/10/2020

The ACT uses Robson rotation to reduce the impact of donkey votes. Here's a quick explainer video:

In this video, Mark explains how 'Robson Rotation' reduces the impact of donkey voting. For more information about our work, see our website: https://politic...

09/10/2020

Are you voting in the 2020 ACT election? Make your vote smarter - find candidates who share your opinions with smartvote
- a non-partisan research & outreach project run by ANU School of Politics & International Relations
& ANU Australian Studies Institute, in partnership with The Canberra Times

http://smartvote.org.au/

Visit smartvote Australia and find candidates who share your opinions!

27/09/2020

We are now live for the ACT 2020 election!

17/05/2019

One sleep until the big day. Find out where you really stand in comparison to parties and candidates in your electorate by visiting www.smartvote.org.au now! Don't forget to share your results on social media!

Find candidates & parties that share your opinions!

16/05/2019

Are we seeing a ‘green-left conspiracy' via the rise of independents, or is it really just the sensible-centre? Prof Patrick Dumont and Feodor Snagovsky analysed data from Smartvote, which shows most independents actually take policy positions somewhere between Labor and the Liberals.

Despite criticism of running a radical left agenda, new research shows most independents' views are somewhere between the major parties.

15/05/2019

Simon Letch's cartoon in today's The Sydney Morning Herald may strike a chord with many voters this week! Not sure where you stand? Compare yourself directly with candidates and parties in your electorate at www.smartvote.org.au

14/05/2019

smartvote analysis “shows a slew of minor parties joining the Greens on the far-left, libertarian corner of the spectrum, such as the Australian Workers Party, the Affordable Housing Party and the Together Party”

Saturday's election represents the first true test of the new Senate voting system introduced by Malcolm Turnbull.

13/05/2019

5 sleeps until election day - do you know where you stand compared to the candidates and parties in your electorate? Visit www.smartvote.org.au now and share your results!

Find candidates & parties that share your opinions!

08/05/2019

Smartvote in the The Sydney Morning Herald this morning - great article utilising the strength of the tool, particularly the comparison between independents.
Visit www.smartvote.org.au to see how YOU compare.
Arts & Social Sciences at ANU Crawford School of Public Policy The Australian National University

06/05/2019

Approaching ¼ million matchings on the smartvote Australia website. How do you compare politically to candidates+parties? Visit smartvote.org.au Arts & Social Sciences at ANU

Find candidates & parties that share your opinions!