Backroom Dealings Laid Bare: Hey other parties, remember that transparency thing?

posted by David Doe, 11 Mar 2010
Here's a graphical representation of where preferences are heading on March 20, if you vote above the line on the Legislative Council ballot. This information is invaluable for the voting public, so they know who the parties really are, and who they really support. Some people might be put off Gamers4Croydon by our preferences, but that is the price we pay for our commitment to transparency in politics. How many other parties would so publicise their preferences?

This image assumes that the only groups that have a chance at landing a seat in the Legislative Council are : Australian Labor Party, David Winderlich, The Greens, Family First, Australian Democrats, Liberal Party and Gamers4Croydon.

Disclaimer - this could be wildly and hilariously wrong.

To explain the image - Each of those groups has been assigned a block colour. ALP is blue, Winderlich is orange, Greens are ... green, Family First are black, Democrats are yellow, Liberals are red, and Gamers4Croydon are purple.

There are a series of outlines around each group that indicate where, among those seven groups, the first preferences would land should any group be eliminated.

The ALP will not be receiving any preferences from any group in front of the seven listed above.

David Winderlich will ultimately be receiving preferences from Christians for VE, Dignity for Disability, SA Change, Stewart Glass, No Desal No Dams, F.R.E.E. Australia Party, Garry Mighall, Kelly Henderson, Joseph Williams and Howard Frayne Coombe.

The Greens will ultimately receive preferences from the ALP (after over quota overflow), Legalise VE, Frank Williams, Gamers4Croydon, Michelle Drummond and Doug McLaren.

Family First will ultimately receive preferences from the Climate Sceptics, One Nation, Mark Aldridge, Save RAH, SA Fishing & Lifestyle, Democratic Labor Party, Liberals (after over quota overflow), Shooters Party and Trevor Grace.

The Australian Democrats will receive preferences from David Winderlich and United Party.

The Liberal Party will be receiving preferences from Family First (after over quota overflow), Joe Ienco, The Nationals and Joe Carbone.

Finally, Gamers4Croydon will receive preferences from The Greens (after what I hope is an over quota overflow smaller than our primary vote), Fair Land Tax Party, Australian Democrats and Peter Panagaris.

Confused? Read the disclaimer again.

In any event - the best way to ensure that we get a seat is to make sure that our primary vote is over quota (roughly 85,000 votes), so make sure that you tell everyone you know - family, friends, friends' families, students (university), teachers, colleagues, people in the street, etc - that you're voting for Gamers4Croydon and that you hope they do too.

It's time for change. It's time for transparency. It's time for accountability.

It's time to be Gamers4Croydon.


David Doe.



The full details of preferences can be downloaded here.