Overview
- The Wahl‑O‑Mat from the Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung is live for the Berlin Abgeordnetenhaus vote and asks users 38 questions with positions from all 17 parties available for comparison.
- Real‑O‑Mat evaluates parties by their past parliamentary voting records rather than campaign statements so users see how parties actually voted on prior proposals.
- Sozial‑O‑Mat focuses on health, care, poverty, migration, children and housing and includes the Diakonie’s own social positions for direct comparison with party answers.
- Abgeordnetenwatch’s Kandidierenden‑Check compares voters with local candidates using 21 theses, and the university‑run Party‑Check uses expert coding of party positions and is offered in Turkish.
- Researchers and surveys warn of limits: decision aids cover a limited set of topics, can confirm preexisting views for many users, and still influence choices for a sizeable minority of voters which can shape turnout and local campaigning.