Mastodawn

Here is a reminder of the kind of voting systems we have in Australia. Not all use the same system. Aside from “First past the Post’ (as in the US) which is not used here, we have ‘preferencial’ and’proportional’ voting systems. This article by #RichardDenniss in The point, clarifies this:
https://thepoint.com.au/opinions/260324-what-the-south-australian-result-shows-about-how-elections-are-really-won

For my money, proportional is the best as in the ACT.

#AusPol #AEC #VotingSystems

What the South Australian result shows about how elections are really won

The easiest way to understand the structural shift taking place in Australian politics is to understand that you can now win a landslide majority of seats in parliament even when your primary vote declines.