As problematic as politics is in Australia, I regularly give thanks we have a) a preferential (ranked) voting system so we're not forced to vote strategically for the two big parties; and b) compulsory voting, which dilutes the effect of extremists.
We still have the same problems everyone else has, of the rich and corporate over-influencing politicians, but those two things help moderate that particular evil.
(We need to move on to proportional representation too, as the big parties are down to a third of the vote each now. But that's another story.)
#auspol
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