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Only 7% of Arab American voters plan on voting for President Biden (lemm.ee)

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[–] Auzy@beehaw.org 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Here in Australia we have preferential voting. It's a much better system because you vote for exactly who you want

[–] sunzu@kbin.run 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Good point but are you dealing with similar regime too?

Ie two party circle jerk fucking over working peasants? etc

[–] Auzy@beehaw.org 7 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Independents and minor parties are increasingly growing their balance of power here..

[–] sunzu@kbin.run 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Alright that would make sense in context of better voting system. Do you think it will yield a result?

But yes overall i agree that first pass the post whatever is shite. Thus my comment above would be US centric.

[–] Auzy@beehaw.org 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

It already has a few times.. The rest of parliament has had to negotiate with small parties many times.

But it does also allow a transition to other parties. The US system does NOT. Also, I think your first preference gets the funding in our case. So, if nobody votes for the primary party as first preference they benefit less financially I think

[–] sunzu@kbin.run 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

first preference gets the funding in our case.

what does this mean?

[–] Auzy@beehaw.org 2 points 2 months ago

https://www.vec.vic.gov.au/candidates-and-parties/funding/funding-registered-political-parties/rpp-public-funding

Public funding is public money we provide to eligible political parties and independent candidates.

The amount you can receive is based on:

the amount listed in your audited statement of expenditure for the previous election
the number of votes your candidates received
the maximum legislated amounts.

You can also choose to receive advance public funding for the 2022 election. The amount you can receive in advance is calculated for each eligible candidate. It is also based on:

the number of first preference votes the candidate received at the 2018 State election
if they stood for the Legislative Assembly (lower house) or Legislative Council (upper house).