Wrap-up: How this VOFO project has aided my collaboration and research.

In summation of this VOFO project, this post will briefly discuss how and why collaboration with new technologies, online media and in particular this blog has really added a lot to my research and overall understanding of the voter information topic.

Voting advice applications- The Ultimate VOFO?

A recent phenomenon in elections of the last 2-3years has been the evolution of Voting Advice Applications (also known as VAAs). These usually online applications let voters answer a series of questions on policy issues and based on their responses, then show which candidates share similar views.

In this sense VAAs are an excellent form of good VOFO as they directly link voters with knowledge on candidates that they can actually use in forming a choice.

Political Colour -The Original VOFO shortcut

Political Colour is used in strong harmony through the logos of political parties from around the western world.

Political Colours are tied up strongly with political ideologies and sets of political ideas. They are usually used by political parties in an international pattern that has strong colour symmetries with a few notable exceptions such as the US and Switzerland where left wing parties are Blue and right wing Red..