ABC News (Australia) published this video item, entitled “Meet Dai Le – the independent who won in Labor’s heartland | 7.30” – below is their description.
The teal independents captured most of the national spotlight but another independent pulled off a similar political miracle. In the Sydney seat of Fowler Dai Le defeated Labor frontbencher Kristina Keneally.
Labor parachuted in the former New South Wales Premier who actually lived miles away. As Jasom Om reports, locals, in what was formerly a Labor stronghold, resented their vote being taken for granted.
ABC News (Australia) YouTube Channel
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Voting is a method for a group, such as a meeting or an electorate, in order to make a collective decision or express an opinion usually following discussions, debates or election campaigns. Democracies elect holders of high office by voting. Residents of a place represented by an elected official are called “constituents”, and those constituents who cast a ballot for their chosen candidate are called “voters”. There are different systems for collecting votes, but while many of the systems used in decision-making can also be used as electoral systems, any which cater for proportional representation can only be used in elections.
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