Don't Make Me Make You Vote
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In this episode, I discuss 2 elements of the Australian electoral system that led to a surprising election result of reelecting Scott Morrison in Ranked Choice Voting & Compulsory Voting. Find out how being forced to vote impacts the happiness of a country.
Sources:
www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-48305001
www.nytimes.com/2019/05/17/world/…election-day.html
www.aljazeera.com/news/asia-pacifi…18130308029.html
time.com/5591378/vote-count-a…alia-election-close/
twitter.com/TheHillofRoses/stat…1127213042234724352
australianpolitics.com/voting/compulsory-voting
www.abc.net.au/news/2019-03-01/c…politics/10825482
www.fairvote.org/voter_turnout#voter_turnout_101
www.electproject.org/national-1789-present
electionlab.mit.edu/research/voter-turnout
prospect.org/article/vanishing-voters
ballotpedia.org/Voter_turnout_in_…_States_elections
www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2018/…oped-countries/
https://worldhappiness.report/ed/2019/
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