Senate preference flows

[jod999]

I generally vote for independents and minor parties, below the line, in the Senate.  It keeps things interesting.

There are always a lot of people I've never heard of.  Who the hell is Glenn Shea, for example. For some of them, the only political thing I know about them is what they say on their Web site and who they gave their preferences to.

Comments

[hermia8]

Having already voted this info is slightly less relevant to me, and is mainly what I expected, with some interesting exceptions. Have you seen Benno's website belowtheline.org.au? It's a very useful tool to decipher where preferences go, and what order you might like them to go if you voted below the line.

I also always vote below the line, preference deals are one of the devils in Oz politics in my opinion. Then again, I disagree with preferential voting in favour of proportional voting on the whole, so below the line voting is the closest my vote gets to being counted as a 'whole' vote, depending of course on how safe the electorate I'm enrolled to vote in is.

[jod999]

Thanks for this - Happy me! Below the Line would have saved me a whole lot of effort. I looked for something like this, but clearly not hard enough. It still makes me happy knowing that there is such a great site out there.

Refusing to follow a preference card (and therefore voting below the line) feels like it makes my vote real.

Since this is now the 18 August 2010, I suspect that you are here. Almost home. Hang in there.

I'd say that after 21 August 2010, it would be time to rest, recuperate and regroup, maybe. 'Cus if you are going to be a tour manager (which I think you would excel at), resting will be very important, I suspect.

[hermia8]

I am indeed in Warragul today :) Currently sitting in a sound booth while the show plays out in front of me. I have no idea what the future holds at this point, either in terms of my career or politically ;)
I was going to answer this in more depth, but it became a bit introspective and rambly, so I think I'll post it separately. Would love a catch up once I'm back and have recovered sufficiently. Hope you're well. x