In the lead-up to launching H&K's Election Predictor in Australia, we spent a great deal of time playing with other tools that are designed to bring power or joy to the voting public.

Chief of these must be the Oz Politics website.

For a start, it contains an Election Calculator with some similarities to our own Election Predictor. But that's just the start of the resources on this site.

Hands-down, my favourite must be his tool that tests your political views and then tells you which of the parties agree with you most. Of course, Oz Politics points out that there are many factors other than policy alignment that affect how we vote, such as the perception that one candidate is stronger or more trustworthy than another. However, it's still a fascinating tool to try in the lead-up to the next Australian election.