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2020 posts and comments by Patrick Dumont and Mark Fletcher.
17/11/2020
In today's The Canberra Times, Patrick Dumont and Mark Fletcher sketch some of the highlights of the smartvote data. What were the most important issues? To what extent did parties and candidates align with voters? All this and more:
Smartvote is already yielding some fascinating insights As well as providing information to voters, smartvote allowed users to indicate the relative importance of issues to them. So what did we learn?
11/10/2020
The ACT uses Robson rotation to reduce the impact of donkey votes. Here's a quick explainer video:
Robson Rotation - reducing the impact of the donkey vote In this video, Mark explains how 'Robson Rotation' reduces the impact of donkey voting. For more information about our work, see our website: https://politic...
09/10/2020
Are you voting in the 2020 ACT election? Make your vote smarter - find candidates who share your opinions with smartvote
- a non-partisan research & outreach project run by ANU School of Politics & International Relations
& ANU Australian Studies Institute, in partnership with The Canberra Times
http://smartvote.org.au/
smartvote Australia Visit smartvote Australia and find candidates who share your opinions!
We are now live for the ACT 2020 election!
17/05/2019
One sleep until the big day. Find out where you really stand in comparison to parties and candidates in your electorate by visiting www.smartvote.org.au now! Don't forget to share your results on social media!
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16/05/2019
Are we seeing a ‘green-left conspiracy' via the rise of independents, or is it really just the sensible-centre? Prof Patrick Dumont and Feodor Snagovsky analysed data from Smartvote, which shows most independents actually take policy positions somewhere between Labor and the Liberals.
Are independents part of a 'green-left' conspiracy? New research finds they are more the 'sensible centre' Despite criticism of running a radical left agenda, new research shows most independents' views are somewhere between the major parties.
15/05/2019
Simon Letch's cartoon in today's The Sydney Morning Herald may strike a chord with many voters this week! Not sure where you stand? Compare yourself directly with candidates and parties in your electorate at www.smartvote.org.au
14/05/2019
smartvote analysis “shows a slew of minor parties joining the Greens on the far-left, libertarian corner of the spectrum, such as the Australian Workers Party, the Affordable Housing Party and the Together Party”
Minor parties flourish across the spectrum as new voting system faces first test Saturday's election represents the first true test of the new Senate voting system introduced by Malcolm Turnbull.
13/05/2019
5 sleeps until election day - do you know where you stand compared to the candidates and parties in your electorate? Visit www.smartvote.org.au now and share your results!
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08/05/2019
Smartvote in the The Sydney Morning Herald this morning - great article utilising the strength of the tool, particularly the comparison between independents.
Visit www.smartvote.org.au to see how YOU compare.
Arts & Social Sciences at ANU Crawford School of Public Policy The Australian National University
Are independents really from the 'sensible centre'? smartvote Australia asked 50 of them
06/05/2019
Approaching ¼ million matchings on the smartvote Australia website. How do you compare politically to candidates+parties? Visit smartvote.org.au Arts & Social Sciences at ANU
Australian Federal Election 2019 Find candidates & parties that share your opinions!