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Podcast: Research and Reason
Episode: Aligning voters' views
Description: How do your views align with New Zealand’s political parties? Associate Professor Jennifer Lees-Marshment discusses the relaunch of Vote Compass ahead of the election on 14 October.
Used by almost half a million people during the last election, the online tool is backed by the Electoral Commission and delivered by the University of Auckland and Victoria University.
She also talks about her new book, which illustrates the challenges facing political staff in democracies around the world.
Find out more:
Vote Compass
The Human Resource Management of Political Staffers