• Zagorath@aussie.zone
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    4 months ago

    Yeah that’s correct. Our system isn’t as strongly two-party as the US, and it’s getting less and less so over time, but for most of the last 80 years it’s been two-party between Labor and the Liberal/National coalition. Labor being our equivalent of America’s Democrats, and the Liberal-Nationals the Republicans.

    But unlike America, party discipline in Australia tends to be very strong. Voting across party lines is very rare, especially in Labor.