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] 2 points 3 weeks ago

Isn't the thesis of this article that we're headed towards minority governments ?

Through recent decades votes are tending more towards independents.

I think it's great too, does it mean we're trending away from polarisation? That's nice, honestly.

Maybe it's a feature of today's ease of communication. In the past you really needed parties in order to communicate brands and policies. In the information age that's less critical.

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