Y’all have first past the post / winner takes all, don’t you? There was a vote recently and “labor” won from what I’m reading?
Labor, coalition, independents, etc. what kinds of parties are these? I thought Albanese was a “cunt” yet his party seems to have won again? What’s going on?
No, Australia does not use first past the post. We use preferential voting for the house and proportional for the senate.
Labor (ALP) is centrist.
The Liberal-National Coalition (LNP) is the largest conservative group and was centre-right, although drifted more to the right after some of the more moderate liberals lost their seats to centrists independents in 2022.
Then there are a lot of smaller parties and independents that range from far left to far right.
It is likely that the ALP won this election due to (1) the LNP running an absolute shambles of a campaign (repeated back flips and changes, lack of details, etc.) and (2) the global backlash to Trumpian politics (which had a huge influence on Canada’s recent election).