Uploaded January 2022 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago

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With Australia's preferential voting system you can never waste your vote or inadvertently help a candidate you don’t support by voting in the order you most like. Don't worry too much about parties doing preference deals either. Your preferences go where you direct them to and party deals will never change that.

Vote for a party or candidate whose policies reflect your values and a party who you would like to win in an ideal world.

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Sources:
https://www.aec.gov.au/learn/preferential-voting.htm

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-05-03/how-preferences-work-when-voting-in-the-federal-election/11061418

Credits:
Written by Andrew Johnson & Jackson Winter

Spoken by Andrew Johnson
Edited by Jackson Winter

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