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Podcast: McBlog by Bob McCoskrie
Episode: Election 2023 - Are "wasted votes" really wasted?
Description: It’s General Election time – and because we operate under an MMP mixed member proportional voting system, the concept of the “wasted vote” always comes up in discussion. Generally the statement is thrown around, something along the lines of, “If your vote is wasted, it goes to another party” – “Another party benefits”. But is this true? We explain how the wasted vote phenomenon works in practice – based on what happened in the General Election in 2020.It still comes back to you though. You have a choice. They may call it a ‘wasted vote” but it’s not wasted if your goal is to...