Thanks for the helpful response, Naomi and Rfh.
We have to join a party in Australia, and pay annual dues in order to vote for a 'primary' - although that is only as a very local level. And we also have the Alaskan-style preferential voting which opens up a can of worms. AND we have compulsory voting as well.
But as my 26yo son observes…
We have to join a party in Australia, and pay annual dues in order to vote for a 'primary' - although that is only as a very local level. And we also have the Alaskan-style preferential voting which opens up a can of worms. AND we have compulsory voting as well.
But as my 26yo son observes, he far prefers to watch the US elections over ours, as the stakes are just so small in Australia.
Thanks for the helpful response, Naomi and Rfh.
We have to join a party in Australia, and pay annual dues in order to vote for a 'primary' - although that is only as a very local level. And we also have the Alaskan-style preferential voting which opens up a can of worms. AND we have compulsory voting as well.
But as my 26yo son observes, he far prefers to watch the US elections over ours, as the stakes are just so small in Australia.