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Not even close. The Australian electoral system uses instant-runoff for the House, and single-transferable-vote for the Senate.
by saithound 5y ago
Not even close. The Australian electoral system uses instant-runoff for the House, and single-transferable-vote for the Senate.
- Jensson 5y agoThat has almost the same results as first past the post though.
- SturgeonsLaw 5y agoKinda, but that "almost the same" occasionally counts for some significant differences. Australian politics is dominated by the two major parties, but the minor parties form a reasonable percentage of held seats, and occasionally neither major party holds a majority, which leads to a hung parliament where the balance of power is open to negotiation. https://www.aph.gov.au/Senators_and_Members/Senators/Senate_composition https://www.aph.gov.au/Senators_and_Members/Senators/Senate_... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_House_of_Representatives https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_House_of_Representa...