Voting for Christian Parties

Message / Question

As someone who works in Parliament, I know for a fact that voting #1 for a Christian Party in the lower house is the best option, because the big 2 negotiate hard to get the "preference", and gives power to the Christian party, who will say "we'll preference you if you do this". It DEFINITELY works, and probably one of the reasons why gay marriage isn't law yet...

Response

I have no issue with your claim that voting 1 for a Christian Party in a lower house election is a good thing PROVIDED the person voting that way understands that their vote will not cause a small Christian Party to be elected to government (unfortunately) so they must ensure that they distribute preferences wisely, remembering that the major party that receives their highest preference (remembering that the lower the number the higher the preference – so 2 is a higher preference than 4) is the one who will actually end up as their cast vote.