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By Greg Lees, published 29/6/2011If voting were optional then politicians would need to appeal to working class voters less, for the better of all.
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The first step would be to do some serious polling to establish exactly why all candidates were considered unacceptable, and what candidates had to do to get a result.
This is Capitalist Democracy. If your product doesn't sell, either take it off the shelves or change it.
It's interesting that all this discussion about so called 'Boguns' hasn't touched much on causes, so much as effects.
Why don't so many people consider voting to be important?
Most common reason I've heard, is that many people reckon it just doesn't matter who gets in; they're all as bad as each other.
And as Hazza pointed out, what's the principle differences in policy between the majors these days anyway?
Perhaps people would feel more connected, or feel that their representatives were more connected, if the Reps didn't make 5 times more money than the median of the people they are supposed to represent.
I doubt if many council labourers lose a lot of sleep over the latest drop in BHP's share price.