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  1. THE MAGIC of #PreferentialVoting.

    Australia has preferential voting so a person can make their #vote transfer to another candidate at FULL VALUE.

    We just tallied quotas of minor parties that were good enough to be placed ahead of #majorParties and Greens.

    The quota was exceeded in EVERY state!

    So if everyone who voted for quality #minorParties numbered as many quality parties as they could, we'd have 12 #independent minorParty #Senate member in parliment.

    Your preferences matter!

    #auspol

  2. Now our Senate voting process has a arbitrary, obtuse call to number at least 6 parties above the line.

    They could have done this while retaining #PartyPreferences, but they didn't because anyone who looks at how preferences flow will tell you that numbering only 6 parties will steer votes towards the two #majorParties.

    The #forcedNews media are trained not to draw attention to things like that.

    Divide the peoples' #votes for minor parties — and rule.

  3. (2/2)…they beat the #thirdParty into #compliance (the #AustralianGreens are generally in this category, and you'll see them speak in the language of #identityPolitics to the same drum-beat as the #majorParties).

    For those parties that are not controlled by corporate interests. They are simply ignored. If they can be #ridiculed in a single sentence they may do that, but even that is rare.

    They may gather #intel on the #minorParty by staging #interviews, but won't air the #interview.

    They…(2/3)