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Record 85.7% of Greens preferenced Labor at federal election; electoral reform proposals

By Adrian Beaumont, Election Analyst (Psephologist), The Conversation

Under compulsory preferential voting, all formal votes must eventually preference one of the major parties over the other. The electoral commission has released preference flow information for all minor parties, This means we can tell, for example, how many Greens voters preferred Labor and how many the Coalition.

Analyst Kevin Bonham said changes in minor party preference…

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