Re: [luv-talk] petitions

Russell Coker via luv-talk wrote:

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There are few victories by other than the big two, because of Duverger's Law (First Past the Post voting in winner-take-all polities tend towards two parties).

Even without that we don't have many seats won by people who aren't representing the major parties in Australia. That's mainly due to publicity and financing. But unfortunately there are Australians who don't realise that the "wasted vote" thing applies to the US only.

Nitpick: as Rick pointed out, it's *all* FPTP jurisdictions. "Large countries widely using FPTP include India, the US, the UK, & Canada."