Democrats to give prefs to Family First Party (2 Viewers)

[malkin86]

So, I put my preferences in above the line, and it goes to the first party and all the parties that they like, not necessarily what I voted for?

 

[loquasagacious]

You basically choose whether or not to be lazy and just make 1 choice and let that party choose evrything else or whether to be not lazy and put in a complete list of preferances.

 

[malkin86]

OK, thankyou for explaining! I've forgotten everything about voting that I learned in year 6...

 

[twiddla]

Preference distribution deals are only guarenteed for above the line voting in the senate. However 90%+ of people follow how to vote tickets

 

[neo o]

Preference distribution deals are only guarenteed for above the line voting in the senate. However 90%+ of people follow how to vote tickets

Nice stat, where'd it come from?

 

[twiddla]

Well my dad was a scrutineer for the last election and that was what he said - it is prob just a genrelaised figure but still the point remains otherwise there would be no point in organising prefernce deals for the house of reps!

 

[Melody]

Back to the original point of this thread, I have always been a democrats supporter so I was understandably shocked when their pref deals came out - so much for socially responsible, they have actually become concerned with votes! jk

So, yes, I think the Democrats preferencing will lose a lot of votes... I still support the democrats but not their prefs. I also favour the Greens who have moderated quite substantially in recent years without losing their good social responsibility report card. So I decided I was going to vote below the line and advised my parents (Libs) to do the same after seeing their prefs and hearing my parents concerns about FF etc.

Then I discovered the Greens Senate preferences exactly what I would vote below the line anyway so now I am voting above the line for the Greens.

Full list of NSW preferences across all parties
http://www.aec.gov.au/election2004/candidates/pdf/gvt/2004NSWGVT.pdf

Greens (only including parties likely to get elected, there are 78 candidates, 28 groups and four ungrouped after all!)
1. Greens
2. Democrats
3. Labor Party
4. Liberals/Nationals
5. Family First
6. Christian Democrats (Rev Fred Nile)

Other major parties preference deals, own exclamations:
Democrats
1. Democrats
2. Family First (!)
3. Liberals for Forests
4. Christian Democrats (Rev Fred Nile) (!)
5. Greens
6. 50% Liberals/Nationals, 50% Labor Party

Labor Party
1. Labor Party
2. Liberals for Forests
3. 33% Christian Democrats (Rev Fred Nile), 66% Greens (!)
4. Democrats
5. Family First (!)
6. Liberals/Nationals

Liberal Party
1. Liberals/Nationals
2. Christian Democrats (!)
3. Family First (!)
4. Liberals for Forests
5. Democrats
6. Greens
7. Labor Party

 

[Melody]

how many people vote below the line?

i think the 90% stat is meant to indicate that a reasonable amount of people that is more than half but not all vote above the line...

"About eight per cent of South Australians did this at the last election, compared to three per cent in NSW"
http://www.adelaidereview.com.au/issuesandopinion_story4.shtml