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Although ABC Vote Compass probably has the highest number of users, it only shows a limited number of parties and there are a few alternatives now available.
The most comprehensive so far seems to be Smart Vote, which has invited a much broader set of parties to answer their quiz. Others include Political Compass, iSideWith, and How2Vote.
https://australia.smartvote.org/
Based on the liberalism index (freedom-leaning vs control-leaning) from the ABC Vote Compass data, Jack Mackay (https://www.facebook.com/jack.mackay.378) has created a map of the electorates coloured by their rank on the liberalism index.
For contrast I've included the original map, with colours by political party (although from an older source, for the 2010 election).
Continue reading Australian map of liberalism (vs party)(1 min read)
The ABC Vote Compass consisted of 30 questions: 15 related to social freedom and 15 related to economic freedom. Each question had five possible answers: strongly agree/disagree, somewhat agree/disagree and neutral, with 'sometimes' given a value half as much as a 'strongly'.
Some of the summary data now is available, allowing an initial analysis, such as an overall liberalism index, showing the most control-leaning vs freedom-leaning seats, the compliment to the most left-leaning and right-leaning seats reported by the ABC.
Electorates such as Curtin (Julie Bishop), Wentworth (Malcolm Turnbull), Melbourne (Adam Bandt), Griffith (prev. Kevin Rudd) and North Sydney (Joe Hockey) are some of the most freedom-leaning seats, whilst Kennedy (Bob Katter), McMahon (Chris Bowen) and New England (Barnaby Joyce) are at the other end of the spectrum.
Continue reading Australia’s most control-leaning and freedom-leaning seats(5 min read)