Comment on Can someone explain Australian parties to me?
eureka@aussie.zone 3 weeks agoIt’s preferential FPTP
This contradicts FPTP - Australia does not use FPTP.
They’re far from perfect, but the alternative was Donald Dutton
I get what you’re saying, but there were other viable alternatives (as unlikely as they were!) precisely because we aren’t in a two-party FPTP system.
MisterFrog@aussie.zone 2 weeks ago
The lower house single-member electorate voting system does still favour larger parties, it’s just way, way, better than FPTP.
oercollective.caul.edu.au/…/electoral-systems/
Relevant part starts at “Majoritarian (or ‘winner takes all’) systems” about a third of the way down.