Summary
| Website: | www.democrats.org.au |
| Social Media: | Facebook — Twitter |
| Slogans: | Bring Back Integrity, Transparency and Trust |
| Themes: | Government accountability, Evidence not ideology |
| Electorates: | Upper House: New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria and Western Australia Lower House: none |
| Preferences: | There are a few surprises on the Australian Democrats’ How-To-Vote card. The complete absence of the major two parties is to be expected, given the Democrats’ historic commitment towards balance-of-power politics. Preferencing the Reason Party first, followed by Independent Susan Benedyka, is in line with the broadly centrist position of the Democrats. What’s more unexpected is the next three preferences, all of which are squarely on the left side of politics: Sustainable Australia, the Australian Progressives, and the Greens. All these parties are far more interventionist than the Democrats, so I think preferencing them is purely about their climate change policies. |
| Previous Reviews: | 2019 — 2013 — 2010 |
