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Scratch the surface of the Voice results, and a more complicated picture emerges — ABC News (apple.news)
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Some interesting data analysis here. I’ll pose the same question as the author:

…by majority vote, Australians have made clear that a constitutionally enshrined Voice to Parliament is not how they want to respond to these crises.
An urgent question emerges — what is?

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[–] Instigate@aussie.zone 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

My retort to that argument was always along the lines of “do you know the detail of every single policy that the party/candidate you vote for is running with?” And the answer is always invariably ‘no’. For some reason it’s fine to vote for our elected representatives without educating yourself, but not fine to vote for a referendum without educating yourself.

I wish everyone in this camp chose to cast an informal vote instead, there’s a chance the referendum might have eked out a Yes that way.

[–] bestusername@aussie.zone 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

A family member recons "Don't know/Unsure" should have been a 3rd option in the ballot, and not counted, as a way to deal with indifferent voters.

Either way I'm disappointed for the 80% indigenous communities that needed our support.

[–] DeltaTangoLima@reddrefuge.com 3 points 1 year ago

My advice to people who expressed confusion/uncertainty was to ask themselves the same two questions I asked myself on the same sex marriage plebiscite:

  1. How does this affect you?
  2. What does it mean to those who want it?

The answer (for someone with a conscience) is usually pretty straightforward.