Labor’s landslide victory obscures a disturbing trend for the major parties (www.abc.net.au)

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In short, independents and minor parties combined got more vote than a major party (the LNP coalition). I think this is actually great news, it shows how well ranked choice and proportional voting work to empower smaller parties and diversify them.

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[-] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago

Yeah, that's some bullshit, but the trend away from the duopoly has been ongoing for what, this century ?. That's just patching a leaky bucket with sand. They scared.

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