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The project aims to improve the culture surrounding political discourse and support critical and thought-through voter behavior. As the first step, the project aims to push voters to critically ask the question “why” in varying situations concerning political debates and societally important topics. The second step offers voters a broad range of opportunities to improve their theoretical knowledge of governance and politically relevant issues and provides them with practical directions on improving critical thinking and analysis skills. A media campaign will be launched featuring short and memorable videos that showcase different daily situations in which asking “why” can benefit the voter. Also, interactive material will be designed that helps voters to develop skills necessary for analyzing political content. Policy center Praxis, a project partner, will analyze issues relevant to the current political climate to provide voters with a starting point when navigating politics. A special focus will be put on young and future voters to improve their critical thinking and analytical skills. The aim of these activities is to increase the level of political debate and the use of well-founded claims rather than demagoguery. An additional goal is to increase mutual understanding and listening skills in everyday political discussions to constrain the already high levels of societal polarization.