Comment on Greens Preferences Flow to Labor – 2010 and 2025 Compared | Antony Green
eureka@aussie.zone 3 days agoYet they seem to share voters.
Please clarify how that’s relevant, I don’t understand the point that’s being made here.
People have limited choices of House voting (and in my experience, a huge amount have a limited understanding of parties or policy) so voting for a party cannot be assumed as endorsement of policies. Greens aren’t my favorite party and I’d enjoy seeing Labor leaders walk off a wharf, but I’ve lived in electorates where they were my 1 and 2 respectively.
(Note: “the voters are all wrong” is a hyperbolic statement)
hitmyspot@aussie.zone 3 days ago
If we take the votes as endorsement of policy, then the voters are voting for greens first and overwhelmingly, labor second. It would seem the voters of the greens feel their policies are in line enough for alp to be their second choice, above other parties large and small.
If you think the voters are misinformed and votes are not an endorsement of policy, (at least best policy availabke to vote for) then there is not really a discussion to be had, outside of marketing and politicking.
I don’t see a rational explanation as to why that would be the case outside of the article proposing that it’s a positioning against lnp. However, even then it doesn’t explain it to the extent it occurs.