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Yes the combination of compulsory and preferential voting has a great calming influence on the political system. Our two major parties (labor and liberal) are v
by danieltillett 10y ago
Yes the combination of compulsory and preferential voting has a great calming influence on the political system. Our two major parties (labor and liberal) are very similar in practice as they are competing for the middle ground, not the exciting the extreme wings to the polls. The only downside is it tends to make for boring politics, but overall boring is good if you have to live in the country.
- robbiep 10y agopity it's such a shitstorm of conservative religious interest group pandering with a touch of racism, xenophobia and homophobia at present :(
- danieltillett 10y agoYes, but this actually a side effect of the how close our elections are. A few nut jobs on the far right of the Liberal party are able to cause mayhem due the slim majority the liberal party holds in parliament. The good thing is it is mostly just noise - what actually gets through the parliament is much more benign.