smartspider

The smartspider is a visualization of eight thematic ratings. The eight ratings are oriented towards central topics of Swiss politics. The calculation of positions on these axes is based on the answers to the smartvote questionnaire. For this purpose, questions are generally assigned to one or more axes and a rating is calculated. Individual questions are not assigned to any axis.

A value between 0 and 100 can be reached per axis. A value of 100 indicates strong agreement with the formulated goal of the axis. A value of 0 means that the formulated goal receives no agreement. Any weighting of individual questions has no influence on the calculation of the smartspider graphics. The following documents contain, on the one hand, a detailed methodological description of the smartspider calculation and, on the other hand, a list showing the assignment of smartvote questions to the eight smartspider axes.

Method description: smartspider (in German)

Methodology description: smartspider (PDF)