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> The Australian Senate has significantly less influence on politics than the US President This is true, but the non-representitive effects on the Australian s

by nl 6y ago

> The Australian Senate has significantly less influence on politics than the US President This is true, but the non-representitive effects on the Australian senate are much higher than in the electoral college. > Senate seats aren't distributed per-state on a "winner takes all basis" - rather in rough proportion to the number of votes each party gets. No argument with this at all - I think most kinds of voting that aren't first-past-the-post (ranked choice etc) are better.

enjeyw 6y ago
> the non-representitive effects on the Australian senate are much higher than in the electoral college. Yeah not gonna lie, I was genuinely shocked to see that Tas holds as much votes as NSW and Vic. >I think most kinds of voting that aren't first-past-the-post Yep, I just wish they were easier to explain! Run-off voting is hard to justify to angry relatives who are incensed that the person who got the second (or third, god forbid!) most 1st pref votes somehow ended up winning.