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How Many People Use Voting Advice Applications? Survey Evidence From 15 Democracies Worldwide
| Resumo: | In this short note, we offer an update on previous assessments of voting advice application (VAA) usage with representative samples from National Election Studies in established democracies worldwide. We map the spread of VAAs among the voting population in those countries in which post-election surveys asked their respondents whether they had used VAAs during the national election campaign. Our empirical base encompasses data from 48 elections held in 15 countries (Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Greece, Iceland, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Sweden, and Switzerland) between 2003 and 2024. Beyond mapping VAA usage over time, our analysis focuses on the (potentially changing) individual-level correlates of VAA usage in a longitudinal perspective. The findings show a continuous increase in VAA usage figures in a large majority of the countries under analysis, but also provide little evidence of changes in the sociodemographic composition of the population of VAA users. |
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| Autores principais: | Garzia, Diego |
| Outros Autores: | Ferreira da Silva, Frederico |
| Assunto: | diffusion theory; national election studies; survey data; voting advice applications |
| Ano: | 2026 |
| País: | Portugal |
| Tipo de documento: | artigo |
| Tipo de acesso: | unknown |
| Instituição associada: | Cogitatio Press |
| Idioma: | inglês |
| Origem: | Politics and Governance |
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| dc.source.none.fl_str_mv | Politics and Governance; Vol 14 (2026): Voting Advice Applications: Methodological Innovations, Behavioural Effects, and Research Perspectives 2183-2463 10.17645/pag.i485 |
| dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv | diffusion theory; national election studies; survey data; voting advice applications |
| dc.title.fl_str_mv | How Many People Use Voting Advice Applications? Survey Evidence From 15 Democracies Worldwide |
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| description | In this short note, we offer an update on previous assessments of voting advice application (VAA) usage with representative samples from National Election Studies in established democracies worldwide. We map the spread of VAAs among the voting population in those countries in which post-election surveys asked their respondents whether they had used VAAs during the national election campaign. Our empirical base encompasses data from 48 elections held in 15 countries (Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Greece, Iceland, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Sweden, and Switzerland) between 2003 and 2024. Beyond mapping VAA usage over time, our analysis focuses on the (potentially changing) individual-level correlates of VAA usage in a longitudinal perspective. The findings show a continuous increase in VAA usage figures in a large majority of the countries under analysis, but also provide little evidence of changes in the sociodemographic composition of the population of VAA users. |
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| spelling | en-USHow Many People Use Voting Advice Applications? Survey Evidence From 15 Democracies WorldwideGarzia, DiegoFerreira da Silva, Fredericodiffusion theory; national election studies; survey data; voting advice applicationsCopyright (c) 2026 Diego Garzia, Frederico Ferreira da Silvahttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2https://doi.org/10.17645/pag.11347DOIhttps://www.cogitatiopress.com/politicsandgovernance/article/view/11347URLHasVersionhttps://www.cogitatiopress.com/politicsandgovernance/article/view/11347/4874URLHasVersionhttps://www.cogitatiopress.com/politicsandgovernance/article/downloadSuppFile/11347/5461URLHasVersionhttps://doi.org/10.17645/pag.11347DOI2026-01-14en-USIn this short note, we offer an update on previous assessments of voting advice application (VAA) usage with representative samples from National Election Studies in established democracies worldwide. We map the spread of VAAs among the voting population in those countries in which post-election surveys asked their respondents whether they had used VAAs during the national election campaign. Our empirical base encompasses data from 48 elections held in 15 countries (Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Greece, Iceland, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Sweden, and Switzerland) between 2003 and 2024. Beyond mapping VAA usage over time, our analysis focuses on the (potentially changing) individual-level correlates of VAA usage in a longitudinal perspective. The findings show a continuous increase in VAA usage figures in a large majority of the countries under analysis, but also provide little evidence of changes in the sociodemographic composition of the population of VAA users.Cogitatio Pressapplication/pdfen-USPolitics and Governance; Vol 14 (2026): Voting Advice Applications: Methodological Innovations, Behavioural Effects, and Research Perspectives2183-246310.17645/pag.i485engjournal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501literatureVoRhttp://purl.org/coar/version/c_970fb48d4fbd8a85https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
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| title | How Many People Use Voting Advice Applications? Survey Evidence From 15 Democracies Worldwide |
| title_full | How Many People Use Voting Advice Applications? Survey Evidence From 15 Democracies Worldwide |
| title_fullStr | How Many People Use Voting Advice Applications? Survey Evidence From 15 Democracies Worldwide |
| title_full_unstemmed | How Many People Use Voting Advice Applications? Survey Evidence From 15 Democracies Worldwide |
| title_short | How Many People Use Voting Advice Applications? Survey Evidence From 15 Democracies Worldwide |
| title_sort | How Many People Use Voting Advice Applications? Survey Evidence From 15 Democracies Worldwide |
| topic | diffusion theory; national election studies; survey data; voting advice applications |
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