Parteipositionen und Wählerpräferenzen in der Bundestagswahl 2021. Ein Vergleich mithilfe des Wahl-Kompasses

Abstract

The German voting advice application “Wahl-Kompass” allows the positioning of political parties in a political landscape with the two dimensions “conservative-traditional versus progressive ecological” and “redistribution versus personal responsibility” . Political parties are positioned based on party self-positioning and an analysis of the party manifestos . Around 500,000 citizens used Wahl-Kompass, and around 15,000 participated in an additional voluntary survey . The analysis showed that in the policy areas of income taxation, housing regulations, and stricter climate change regulation, which were polarizing among the parties, party responsiveness (consensus between voters and party position) was relatively high among all parties . Reforms for a unitary pension system and unitary health insurance are supported by a majority of voters of all parties . CDU/CSU and FDP party leaders, however, reject these proposals .