Those advocates of preferential voting for UK General Elections should take note of what is going on Down Under in the previously safe Tasmanian Labor seat of Denison.
It's a simple point: the independent candidate Andrew Wilkie who came THIRD in terms of share of the vote, actually looks likely to WIN the seat based on the counting-up of the second preferences from the fourth and fifth candidates which propels him into second place - and then the counting-up of the second preferences of the previously-second (Liberal) candidate.
There is a succinct analysis from Antony Green here.
Or, to put it another way, is the best way to reinvigorate our "Broken Politics" to ensure that the winning MP is the "least disliked" option? It seems just a touch uninspiring to me.
[Hat Tip: MS]
