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I want to see more stats on the Australian phenomenon. I am mainly curious whether their "two" party system really has a high turnover (multiple growths of third parties replacing ossified branches of the previous duel set) or whether their two parties are just immensely popular (shock, people may actually be voting for either of the two parties consistenly).
I'm not convinced of the argument laid out. IRV doesn't guarantee your candidate will be elected. The only reason a dem would win if you voted for lib and repub second would be if more people voted for the dem than either of your candidates--that's what's supposed to happen. You aren't guaranteed a win--but the article is written with that implicit assumption.
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