This repository contains replication material for analysing the match between the German party BSW with 33 other parties. The analysis is based on data from the Voting Advice Application Wahl-O-Mat. The text is published here: https://www.dvpw.de/blog/welchen-parteien-steht-das-bsw-nahe-eine-analyse-mithilfe-von-wahl-o-mat-positionsdaten-ein-beitrag-von-philipp-thomeczek
To start the analysis, first download the latest dataset version from https://www.bpb.de/themen/wahl-o-mat/europa-2024/547160/download/ - note that sometimes parties change their responses, which can affect the matching results. The analysis here is based on the version published along with the tool in early May 2024.
The analysis was conducted with RStudio.