> STEP 3 Democrats eliminated. Their preferences go to Family First rather > than Greens. Bad luck for Democrat voters who prefer the Greens.
[cut] > STEP 5 And now the big one. ALP eliminated. And it turns out > that Labor too > would prefer Family First to win the seat than the Greens. > > Family First 436,500 > > Greens 234,697 > > Only one in 10 of these voters actually voted for Family > First. But the > other parties voted for it, and that - and above all, Labor's > choice - > decided the seat. Which is why it is worth the time and effort to vote below the line - after all, it only takes a couple of minutes more to influence who is going to be in power for three years. Judy -- "There is no socially and politically neutral theology; in the struggle for life and death, theology must take sides." - Miguez Bomino Rev Judy Redman Uniting Church Chaplain University of New England Armidale 2351 ph: +61 2 6773 3739 fax: +61 2 6773 3749 web: http://www.une.edu.au/campus/chaplaincy/uniting/ email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------------------------------------------------ - You are subscribed to the mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] and put in the message body 'unsubscribe insights-l' (ell, not one (1)) See: http://nsw.uca.org.au/insights-l-information.htm ------------------------------------------------------
