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[–] [email protected] 22 points 7 months ago (10 children)

No. That's incorrect. It's because we have compulsory voting. It stops extremists on either side getting too much power.

It keeps our politics centre.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 7 months ago (8 children)

And our voting is preferential

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago

This is the true answer

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