Comment on Why does Australia still have 2 major political parties despite preferential voting?
Ilandar@lemm.ee 1 week agoAustralia’s 4 largest parties are the Labor, Liberals, Nationals and Greens parties (in order of popularity).
The Greens are much more popular than The Nationals. ~12% of nationwide first preferences at this election vs 4%.
RedTurtle@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 week ago
Fair call.
The Nationals do have more seats than the Greens but “in order of popularity” was probably the wrong wording.
The Nationals don’t contest all seats and are also combined as the LNP in Queensland. Even so, they would be unlikely to get to 12% of the national vote if they did.