We won’t get a two party race unless we change our parliamentary system. The states have a setup that means you have to vote for a big party or you won’t get any representation. MMP lets us have smaller parties in parliament with some influence. This makes it worthwhile voting for them.
But with that said, that still allows for our parties to become more radical.
Do you think that as the main parties get more radical / not radical enough, we will see some of these smaller parties gain more prominence? Or are the two too well established.
I don’t think it’s out of the question. I think our system allows a smaller party to grow in popularity eventually overtaking a larger party. I just don’t think we have the small party capable of it yet.
I’ve sort of voted “blindly” in the past, and not really looked at each parties policies in depth. I am determined to ensure it’s different this time around. Interested to see which party I land on solely based on policy.
We won’t get a two party race unless we change our parliamentary system. The states have a setup that means you have to vote for a big party or you won’t get any representation. MMP lets us have smaller parties in parliament with some influence. This makes it worthwhile voting for them.
But with that said, that still allows for our parties to become more radical.
Do you think that as the main parties get more radical / not radical enough, we will see some of these smaller parties gain more prominence? Or are the two too well established.
I don’t think it’s out of the question. I think our system allows a smaller party to grow in popularity eventually overtaking a larger party. I just don’t think we have the small party capable of it yet.
I’ve sort of voted “blindly” in the past, and not really looked at each parties policies in depth. I am determined to ensure it’s different this time around. Interested to see which party I land on solely based on policy.