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Australian Electoral System and Behaviour (Psephology (Labor, working…
Australian Electoral System and Behaviour
Issues of Elections in Senate
Large informal voting due to party identification
Split ticket voting, voting for major parties in upper house and minors in lower house
Influence of party organisations through party lists, party tickets and preference distribution
Proportional Representation
Used in the Senate
Duverger's Law states that proportionality results in multi party systems
Single transferable vote is ranking of candidates
In Aus require approx 14.4% of the vote for a seat in half senate and 7.7% in full senate
Issues in Aus Electoral Behaviour
Competing Thirds
Partisan voters v swinging voters
Rise of new politics and post materialists
Dominance of major parties
Political Behaviour
Relationship to economy and class
Where someone lives
Socialisation
Cultural
Social Cleavage
Socio-economic or socio-cultural factors that determine how people vote
Class
Religion
Geographic Location
Psephology
Labor, working class, blue collar workers from industrial neighbourhoods
Liberal, professionals, live in affluent neighbourhoods, white collar
National largely farmers and regional living people
One Nation largely rural areas and lower class and educational levels, anti system politics
Greens inner city metropolitan areas and youth, post materialist and new politics