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		<title>By: bob1234</title>
		<link>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/pollbludger/2009/05/29/party-games/comment-page-23/#comment-281067</link>
		<dc:creator>bob1234</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 31 May 2009 16:06:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[But with non compulsorary voting, how many will actually be bothered to vote ?]

As many as 1997?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>But with non compulsorary voting, how many will actually be bothered to vote ?</p></blockquote>
<p>As many as 1997?</p>
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		<title>By: Frank Calabrese</title>
		<link>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/pollbludger/2009/05/29/party-games/comment-page-23/#comment-281066</link>
		<dc:creator>Frank Calabrese</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 31 May 2009 16:04:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[FPTP only makes it worse for Labour. If they had instant runoff like we did, Lib Dem votes would flow more to Labour over the Conservatives.]

But with non compulsorary voting, how many will actually be bothered to vote ?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>FPTP only makes it worse for Labour. If they had instant runoff like we did, Lib Dem votes would flow more to Labour over the Conservatives.</p></blockquote>
<p>But with non compulsorary voting, how many will actually be bothered to vote ?</p>
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		<title>By: bob1234</title>
		<link>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/pollbludger/2009/05/29/party-games/comment-page-23/#comment-281065</link>
		<dc:creator>bob1234</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 31 May 2009 16:03:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[Slight difference, First Past The Post polling, and non-compulsorary voting as well.]

FPTP only makes it worse for Labour. If they had instant runoff like we did, Lib Dem votes would flow more to Labour over the Conservatives.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>Slight difference, First Past The Post polling, and non-compulsorary voting as well.</p></blockquote>
<p>FPTP only makes it worse for Labour. If they had instant runoff like we did, Lib Dem votes would flow more to Labour over the Conservatives.</p>
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		<title>By: Frank Calabrese</title>
		<link>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/pollbludger/2009/05/29/party-games/comment-page-23/#comment-281064</link>
		<dc:creator>Frank Calabrese</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 31 May 2009 15:50:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[Either way, it’s disaster approaching for UK Labour.]

Slight difference, First Past The Post polling, and non-compulsorary voting as well.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>Either way, it’s disaster approaching for UK Labour.</p></blockquote>
<p>Slight difference, First Past The Post polling, and non-compulsorary voting as well.</p>
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		<title>By: Frank Calabrese</title>
		<link>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/pollbludger/2009/05/29/party-games/comment-page-23/#comment-281063</link>
		<dc:creator>Frank Calabrese</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 31 May 2009 15:49:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[If the Greens had the BOP and there was a Federal Coalition government, it might be back to the “Block it!” days of the early ’90s and the proto-Greens]

and if it indirectly helped Green supporters ?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>If the Greens had the BOP and there was a Federal Coalition government, it might be back to the “Block it!” days of the early ’90s and the proto-Greens</p></blockquote>
<p>and if it indirectly helped Green supporters ?</p>
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		<title>By: bob1234</title>
		<link>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/pollbludger/2009/05/29/party-games/comment-page-23/#comment-281062</link>
		<dc:creator>bob1234</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 31 May 2009 15:48:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Oops, link - http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/Politics/Labour-Party-Third-In-Poll-Behind-Conservatives-And-Liberal-Democrats/Article/200905415292159?lpos=Politics_Top_Stories_Header_0&amp;lid=ARTICLE_15292159_Labour_Party_Third_In_Poll_Behind_Conservatives_And_Liberal_Democrats</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Oops, link &#8211; <a href="http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/Politics/Labour-Party-Third-In-Poll-Behind-Conservatives-And-Liberal-Democrats/Article/200905415292159?lpos=Politics_Top_Stories_Header_0&amp;lid=ARTICLE_15292159_Labour_Party_Third_In_Poll_Behind_Conservatives_And_Liberal_Democrats" rel="nofollow">http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/Politics/Labour-Party-Third-In-Poll-Behind-Conservatives-And-Liberal-Democrats/Article/200905415292159?lpos=Politics_Top_Stories_Header_0&amp;lid=ARTICLE_15292159_Labour_Party_Third_In_Poll_Behind_Conservatives_And_Liberal_Democrats</a></p>
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		<title>By: bob1234</title>
		<link>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/pollbludger/2009/05/29/party-games/comment-page-23/#comment-281061</link>
		<dc:creator>bob1234</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 31 May 2009 15:48:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[Labour has fallen behind both the Conservatives and the Liberal Democrats in a poll for the first time in 22 years.

A Sunday Telegraph / ICM poll shows 29% voting for the Tories, 20% for the Lib Dems and just 17% for Labour.]

However the graph shows the Conservatives on 40%, Lib Dems on 25%, and Labour on 22%...

Either way, it&#039;s disaster approaching for UK Labour.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>Labour has fallen behind both the Conservatives and the Liberal Democrats in a poll for the first time in 22 years.</p>
<p>A Sunday Telegraph / ICM poll shows 29% voting for the Tories, 20% for the Lib Dems and just 17% for Labour.</p></blockquote>
<p>However the graph shows the Conservatives on 40%, Lib Dems on 25%, and Labour on 22%&#8230;</p>
<p>Either way, it&#8217;s disaster approaching for UK Labour.</p>
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		<title>By: Frank Calabrese</title>
		<link>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/pollbludger/2009/05/29/party-games/comment-page-23/#comment-281060</link>
		<dc:creator>Frank Calabrese</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 31 May 2009 15:48:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[Can’t see it happening.]

you mean like this over the Victorian ALP&#039;s anti Nuclear  Legislation.

http://www.legislation.vic.gov.au/domino/Web_Notes/newmedia.nsf/798c8b072d117a01ca256c8c0019bb01/ff53e10137139ab7ca2572c30001d964!OpenDocument</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>Can’t see it happening.</p></blockquote>
<p>you mean like this over the Victorian ALP&#8217;s anti Nuclear  Legislation.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.legislation.vic.gov.au/domino/Web_Notes/newmedia.nsf/798c8b072d117a01ca256c8c0019bb01/ff53e10137139ab7ca2572c30001d964" rel="nofollow">http://www.legislation.vic.gov.au/domino/Web_Notes/newmedia.nsf/798c8b072d117a01ca256c8c0019bb01/ff53e10137139ab7ca2572c30001d964</a>!OpenDocument</p>
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		<title>By: Olivia Cunningham</title>
		<link>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/pollbludger/2009/05/29/party-games/comment-page-23/#comment-281059</link>
		<dc:creator>Olivia Cunningham</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 31 May 2009 15:46:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>If the Greens had the BOP and there was a Federal Coalition government, it might be back to the &quot;Block it!&quot; days of the early &#039;90s and the proto-Greens</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>If the Greens had the BOP and there was a Federal Coalition government, it might be back to the &#8220;Block it!&#8221; days of the early &#8217;90s and the proto-Greens</p>
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		<title>By: bob1234</title>
		<link>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/pollbludger/2009/05/29/party-games/comment-page-23/#comment-281058</link>
		<dc:creator>bob1234</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 31 May 2009 15:44:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[If the right incentives were presented such as concessions to “Environmentally friendly” businesses then that may well happen.]

Can&#039;t see it happening.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>If the right incentives were presented such as concessions to “Environmentally friendly” businesses then that may well happen.</p></blockquote>
<p>Can&#8217;t see it happening.</p>
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