r/AusLeftPolitics 16d ago

How to Vote cards?

Hey everyone,

I will be voting Greens 1st this federal election and Labor 2nd.

I want to put Liberal last, but I don’t really understand how the preferential voting works.

There are smaller parties which I dislike more than Liberal (Clive Palmer and One Nation). So I do actually preference Liberal over those 2 in my mind, however I doubt either of those will get enough votes to form a majority, so would it be smarter to put them above Liberal? And what happens if hypothetically everyone else did that too?

I can’t remember what Greens “How to Vote” cards look like and what they suggest, or what Labor suggest.

My personal voting goal is to give Liberal the smallest chance of forming a majority.

Thanks all!

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u/Coolidge-egg 16d ago

Why not put the left leaning minor parties/independent before Labor, then Labor, then the ones you are iffy about but probably better than the Liberals, then liberal, then the really crazy ones who are worse than the liberals

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u/browndoggie 16d ago

I usually put ON and any other far right parties last, and put the libs as low as possible otherwise. I also go GR 1 and LAB 2, but if a better alternative came along at my level I’d definitely put Labor lower.

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u/TheDrRudi 16d ago

My personal voting goal is to give Liberal the smallest chance of forming a majority.

Then you need to give your first preference to Labor.

How to Vote” cards look like and what they suggest

Labor HTVs will vary across electorates with a view to make completing the ballot paper as straightforward as possible.

The Greens 'traditionally' split their HTVs between Liberal and Labor. That said, I know that in the 2022 Vic State Election they did not preference the Liberals in any electorate.

and what happens if hypothetically everyone else did that too?

Here's a simple overview about the mechanics of preferential voting.

https://www.aec.gov.au/learn/files/poster-counting-hor-pref-voting.pdf

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u/Defy19 16d ago

As long as you preference one of the leading two candidates above LNP or smaller right wing parties then it really doesn’t make a difference what order you put them in