{"id":46049,"date":"2019-05-01T20:22:34","date_gmt":"2019-05-01T10:22:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nofibs.com.au\/?p=46049"},"modified":"2022-05-02T12:58:19","modified_gmt":"2022-05-02T02:58:19","slug":"strategic-voting-for-blue-red-and-green-progressives-in-safe-coalition-seats-margokingston1-independentsday-ausvotes-guide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.nofibs.com.au\/strategic-voting-for-blue-red-and-green-progressives-in-safe-coalition-seats-margokingston1-independentsday-ausvotes-guide\/","title":{"rendered":"Strategic voting for blue, red and green progressives in safe Coalition seats: @margokingston1 #IndependentsDay #AusVotes guide"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Now that pre-polling stations have opened nationwide, voting in the 2019 federal election has begun, so here\u2019s my strategic voting guide in our #IndependentsDay seats.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As many No Fibs<\/em> readers know by now, I waged a relentless strategic voting education campaign at the Wentworth by-election after Kerryn Phelps upset progressive voters by preferencing the Liberal Party candidate (she has an open ticket this time). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

As always, in safe Coalition seats only an Independent has any chance of defeating the sitting MP, so it’s imperative that the Indie finishes second on primary votes. Here\u2019s my Wentworth post as an explainer: The #auspol preference trap at #WentworthVotes<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

How preferencing works<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

During the vote counting process, all number 1 votes are sorted into piles corresponding to each candidate. If one candidate gets more than 50 per cent of the votes, he or she wins.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If no candidate gets more than 50pc, the candidate with the lowest number of number 1 votes is eliminated, and the second preference of those voters are put in the piles of other candidates. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

If one candidate still hasn’t achieved more than 50pc of votes, the candidate with the lowest number of votes in their pile is eliminated, and his or her second preferences \u2014 and the third preferences of the first candidate eliminated \u2014 go onto the other candidates\u2019 piles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And so it goes until there is a candidate with more than 50pc, which is when a winner is declared. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

For more guidance<\/em><\/strong>see this excellent post<\/em><\/strong><\/a> written by No Fibs citizen journalist Lesley Howard (<\/em><\/strong>@adropex<\/em><\/strong><\/a>) on preferential voting, and this video.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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