How do you prepare to vote?

I don't vote in the US (fortunately?). You mainly vote for a party. There are 8 of them in the Parliament and none near 50% so they negotiate and eventually 50% of the MPs agree on a government and a prime minister.

We have various websites and news outlets that are mostly neutral that make "election compasses" that lets you answer a bunch of questions regarding various topics and sorts parties based on how close they match yours.

I'll take a closer look at the most aligned ones.