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All Australians are involved in politics somewhat, because it's one of the few countries where voting is compulsory. That also means that Abbott, unfortunately
by dalore 12y ago
All Australians are involved in politics somewhat, because it's one of the few countries where voting is compulsory.
That also means that Abbott, unfortunately, represents a majority of the population, not just the politically motivated individuals who would vote without compulsion.
- broodbucket 12y agoAbbott represents a majority of the population because the majority of the population knows about politics from the mass media, which is almost entirely owned by Rupert Murdoch, who printed nothing but pro-Abbott and anti-Labor content for months.