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WatStemmenWij

A public decision tool that helps people compare political positions without pretending the choice is simple.

Context

Election information is abundant, but citizens often need a clearer way to compare positions, consequences, and trust signals.

What made it hard

  • Political topics are emotionally loaded and easily oversimplified.
  • The system needs to serve quick orientation and deeper exploration.
  • Neutrality lives in editorial choices, product structure, source context, and interface behavior.

Decisions made visible

  • Treat comparison as a civic interface with room for source context and consequence.
  • Make uncertainty and source context visible.
  • Use design to create enough pause for nuance while keeping the tool accessible.

Outcome

A public-facing structure that made comparison easier, reasoning paths clearer, and nuance harder to lose.

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Work in view.

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Connected patterns

Similar decisions return in different contexts.

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