Electoral Compass now covering the Israeli elections

Following the success of the Electoral Compass for the US presidential elections, an Election Compass for the Israeli parliamentary elections of February 2009 has become available.

In less than three weeks time, this application has reached 805,000 viewers worldwide

An international team of specialists in Israel (from the distinguished Israel Democracy Institute) and the Netherlands has charted the complex Israeli political landscape and subsequently plotted the 15 most important political parties on the main political dimensions, based on their election manifestos. By answering 30 questions about salient political issues in Israeli politics, users can see which political party best matches their own political preferences.