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Do They Represent Me?

About

A voting record you can check, not a pitch

Do They Represent Me? shows how Victoria's parties and MPs actually voted in State Parliament, so you can compare their record with your own views before you vote on 28 November.

Built by
Dan Ferguson
Funded by
Self-funded
Affiliation
None
Source code
GitHub ↗
Data covers
60th Parliament
More about Dan
danferg.com ↗

Why this exists

Election campaigns are about promises. Parliament's record is about what actually happened. Federal voters have They Vote For You; Victorians had nothing like it. This project reads every recorded vote from the 60th Parliament and puts it next to plain questions you can answer yourself.

Who's behind it

Built by Dan Ferguson, a Victorian software developer. It's an independent, self-funded project with no grants, sponsors, donations or affiliates, and it isn't affiliated with any party, candidate, lobby group or the Parliament of Victoria. It doesn't tell you how to vote.

Like anyone, Dan has political views. So he didn't choose or word the questions himself. They were drafted with AI following a written, rule-based process, and challenged by AI reviewers arguing from each side. AI has political leanings too, but its work is far easier to monitor, check and re-run than one person's judgement. Human readers and reviewers of different leanings then check every question. How the questions were chosen.

What we promise

  1. 1 Every party is shown the same way. No party's colour stands alone, and lists are alphabetical unless you asked for a ranking.
  2. 2 Every figure links back to the official record of each vote.
  3. 3 Your answers never leave your device. No accounts, no tracking, no ads.
  4. 4 Mistakes are fixed openly. If you find one, tell us and we'll check it against the source.

Corrections and right of reply

If you think a vote, a question or a description is wrong or unfair, including if you are an MP, a party or a candidate, please tell us, with a link to the record if you can. Every report is checked against the official record, whoever sends it, and corrections are made openly. Corrections usually take a few days.

Sources

Votes
Votes and Proceedings (Legislative Assembly) and Minutes of the Proceedings (Legislative Council), 60th Parliament. © Parliament of Victoria. Each vote links to the official document it came from.
Members and parties
The Parliament of Victoria's member pages, with party changes, resignations and by-elections checked by hand.
Suburbs and districts
Based on Australian Bureau of Statistics data (Australian Statistical Geography Standard, Edition 3, and 2021 Census mesh block counts), licensed under CC BY 4.0. Approximate near boundaries; not the official electoral boundaries.
Candidates
The Victorian Electoral Commission's published candidate lists. © Victorian Electoral Commission, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
Method
Adapted from They Vote For You by the OpenAustralia Foundation. See the methodology for the full method.
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