1. Prototype
Build the matching flow and visual language using provisional data.
South African civic matching prototype
Find the parties closest to your political profile.
VoteMatch compares your policy instincts with transparent party profiles, then shows your closest National Assembly matches without asking for your name, email or login.
Governance
Public value
Market reform
You
Your position updates as you answer. The public version will use sourced party research.
No login
No political preference storage
Transparent scoring model
Questionnaire
Answer a short set of policy statements.
This prototype uses a small starter set. We can expand it into a full, sourced questionnaire before launch.
Live prototype result
Your closest party matches
Based on 0 answered statements.
Build approach
Static first, evidence next, database only when useful.
Version one should stay simple: public app, static JSON, no accounts, no preference storage and a clear research trail behind each score.
2. Research
Create sourced party profiles, policy statements and scoring notes.
3. Review
Check neutrality, wording, legal risk and political balance before launch.
4. Publish
Deploy through GitHub and Vercel, then replace temporary DNS records in Cloudflare.