If you are looking for orientation for the state elections in Schleswig-Holstein on May 8th, you may find what you are looking for at the Wahl-O-Mat.

38 theses lead across the most important topics of state politics.

In the end, the degree to which one's own views correspond to the party's election manifestos is revealed.

The theses for the election were selected by young and first-time voters together with employees of the State Commissioner for Civic Education, the Federal Agency for Civic Education and experts from state politics.

The Wahl-O-Mat was used more than 562,000 times for the 2017 state elections in Schleswig-Holstein.

The Wahl-O-Mat was launched in 2002 for the first time.

The online service is used in the run-up to European, federal and state elections.

With the tool, users can click through theses on various policy areas authorized by the parties.

These are then compared with the positions from the election programs.

At the end, users learn how many matches they have with each party.

According to the information, it has been used 100 million times so far.