Presidential election: Can't decide who to vote for? This tool will help
The 2025 presidential election will see Independent candidate Catherine Connolly take on Fine Gael’s Heather Humphreys on polling day.
If you're not sure who to vote for in the upcoming presidential election, we might be able to help.
Co-founded by the University of Limerick's Dr Rory Costello, a new "voting advice application" compares a voter's views with those of the candidates.
The 2025 presidential election will see Independent candidate Catherine Connolly take on Fine Gael’s Heather Humphreys on polling day, which will be on October 24. Fianna Fáil candidate Jim Gavin's name will remain on the ballot, despite the former Dublin GAA boss withdrawing from the campaign.
The tool aims to make elections more transparent and hopes to give voters the information they need to make the right decision on polling day.
It asks the user a range of questions and lists how your answers line up with the candidates. It also gives you the opportunity to see and compare how the candidates answered the same questions.
On WhichCandidate.ie, a set of relevant policy issues are selected by the research team in advance of the election. Election candidates are contacted to complete a questionnaire on these issues. Each participating candidate is given a public profile on the website, incorporating their answers to the questionnaire.
Voters are asked the same set of questions, and their answers are compared with the answers of the candidates. A customised results page is then presented to each user, containing a ranking of candidates ordered by how closely their answers match.
Not all candidates are included as some have declined to share their policy views.
The application is not associated with any political party or election candidate and is run by researchers at the Department of Politics and Public Administration at UL.
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