Voters often hesitate which political party to vote for. ``Wij kiezen partij voor u’’ (``We’ll vote for you’’) is an easy-to-use online expert system that can help voters make their decisions. The expert system has been made in co-operation with political scientists.``Wij kiezen partij voor u’’ is an online expert system. Its purpose is to help the user making the decision which party to vote for at the elections. It is designed to abstract the user’s conception of the world and the political parties that have the most affiliation with that conception.
The system will pose the user about 40 theses on which he/she can give his/hers opinion in a 4 point scale, from complete agreement to complete disagreement. An example of such a thesis is ``Environmental issues are often exaggerated.’’ After receiving the answers to all the these the system will display a histogram with a bar for each party. The longer the bar, the better the party suits the user.``Wij kiezen partij voor u’’ does not claim to give the ultimate solution, because of its inherently limited size. It rather guides the user from general ideas into concrete reflection of affiliated parties. Therefore the user is suggested to acquire more information about the recommended parties.The system is intended to be used by everybody who is entitled to vote. It will be especially helpful for those voters who have no idea at all which party to vote for. However, the system explicitly leaves the final decision to the user.Versions of this system have been made for all national elections in the Netherlands and Flanders since 1998. These systems can be consulted at http://www.stemadvies.com (An English language demonstration is in preparation.)