How Preferential Voting and First-Past-The-Post Change Who Gets Elected

Australia's system of preferential voting is praised for making sure people can't waste their vote - but how does it work and how does it compare with other electoral systems? This episode compares preferential voting with first-past-the-post, which is used by the UK, US, and over a dozen other countries. What is first-past-the-post and why did Australia get rid of it over a century ago? The answer: because it changes who gets elected by using a different method of counting.Support the channel on patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/AuspolExplainedLike Auspol Explained on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Auspol-Explained-107892180702388Get a copy of the script with citations here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/13uZm0qFxnxztjw1F10K9azkBkSEqxZij/edit?usp=drive_link&ouid=102352521871694219008&rtpof=true&sd=true Auspol Explained would like to acknowledge the Whadjuk Nyoongar people and their Elders as the owners and custodians of the Land that the episode was recorded and edited on. This Land was stolen and never ceded. It always was and always will be Aboriginal Land.