A party of community independents, who say they're inspired by the success of Senator David Pocock at the last federal election, will contest this year's ACT election.
If they still have nothing in a few months I guess their main value will be as a protest vote. This is in itself of some value, as if any independents gain significant votes it sends a message to Labour that they can’t rely on always being in power and to the Liberals that people will vote for an alternative but their own policies are too unpalatable to the populace.
If one is being cynical the disadvantage will be if people only vote for one of these independents and don’t fill further preferences (can’t remember if the Legislative Assembly election ballots require an amount of numbers) but hopefully most people are familiar enough with voting by now that they will number preferences down to the major party they dislike least.
If they still have nothing in a few months I guess their main value will be as a protest vote. This is in itself of some value, as if any independents gain significant votes it sends a message to Labour that they can’t rely on always being in power and to the Liberals that people will vote for an alternative but their own policies are too unpalatable to the populace.
If one is being cynical the disadvantage will be if people only vote for one of these independents and don’t fill further preferences (can’t remember if the Legislative Assembly election ballots require an amount of numbers) but hopefully most people are familiar enough with voting by now that they will number preferences down to the major party they dislike least.
I guess we’ll have to wait and see.