If me and my spouse vote for opposite candidates would it be the same if we just didn’t vote?
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The benefits of our preferential voting system is that there are no ‘opposite’ parties – if you vote for an independent or minor party candidate who doesn’t get it then your vote will still flow on to your 2nd , 3rd, 4th candidate etc until one finally amases enough votes to be elected.
So even if you vote for ‘opposite’ candidates in the end your vote will still count towards your preferred candidates and will provide benefits to them in terms of future funding etc.
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