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minus-squarepHr34kY@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up10·10 hours agoAustralian voting isn’t just mandatory. It’s a two-party preferential system. If you vote for a minor party or independent, your vote ultimately goes toward one of the two largest parties. No vote is a throwaway.
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minus-squarenull_dot@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·8 hours agoTwo party preferential is not the same as two party. A lot of elected reps needed preferences from other candidates in order to make 50% of the vote. Those reps know where their bread us buttered.
Australian voting isn’t just mandatory. It’s a two-party preferential system. If you vote for a minor party or independent, your vote ultimately goes toward one of the two largest parties. No vote is a throwaway.
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Two party preferential is not the same as two party.
A lot of elected reps needed preferences from other candidates in order to make 50% of the vote. Those reps know where their bread us buttered.
You are talking shit.