Essentially, because of the way preferential voting works your vote cascades to your next preference if your first choice doesn't get in.
Because the Australian government works hard at hiding how our voting system works, most people don't know how to exercise their power at the ballot.
Too many people may vote for an independent or a freedom type party, but fuxk up their preferences by putting one of the major parties as a second preference.
What he's trying to say, is that if we vote smarter we have a better chance of taking over the lower house.
I think we've never been in a better place in Australia, in regards to actually unseating our own uniparty.
Essentially, because of the way preferential voting works your vote cascades to your next preference if your first choice doesn't get in.
Because the Australian government works hard at hiding how our voting system works, most people don't know how to exercise their power at the ballot.
Too many people may vote for an independent or a freedom type party, but fuxk up their preferences by putting one of the major parties as a second preference.
What he's trying to say, is that if we vote smarter we have a better chance of taking over the lower house.
I think we've never been in a better place in Australia, in regards to actually unseating our own uniparty.