I'm going to preface by saying that I don't want my votes to go to the Dark Lord or the Liberal Party or the liars in the Labour Party. They are both completely corrupt and I'm adamant that they need to feel some pain.

So then I want to look at the independents and consider what they do and what they don't do, and will they be truly representative, or are they just there scrambling for votes to get some money and power? Who can say?

So what I'd like to do to make sure the Liberals and Labour don't get my vote, is find some kind of flowchart, that shows if I vote for an independent or a smaller party, where does that preference go to, so that I don't feed the party that I don't want to get my vote in the end.

Is there any resource out there that can show me where the preferences get fed to, so I can make an informed choice.

I feel like this should be a legal obligation, that we are all given this kind of information in a flowchart. But I can't find it. Can anybody help?

Thank you so much.

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[–] null_dot@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 3 weeks ago (12 children)

I'm adamant that they need to feel some pain

Of course you can develop your own decision on how to vote but this sounds frustratingly similar to the protest voters from the US election. Picking a team or punishing a team is a very American notion.

The basic idea is to consider the representatives in your electoral division, consider their policies, their character, and select the one you feel will best represent your own interests and the interests of the people you care about.

For example, if you review the local candidates and determine that the Nationals candidate will best represent your interests then it doesn't make any sense to vote for an independent just because a National candidate would ultimately support Dutton to form government.

[–] mranachi@aussie.zone 2 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

That's a very rose tinted glasses view of the local impact a federal candidate has, vs the impact of the elected government.

Ignore the word punish. If you don't like lib/nat wreck and sell plans, don't vote national no matter what promise they makes to the electorate - it's highly unlikely they have the ability to hold up their end of the bargain as it'll be a party decision.

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