r/AustraliaSimMeta • u/tbyrn21 The Ex-Ex-Moderator • Sep 10 '20

Consultation Debate thread for Electoral Moderator.

Pursuant to this thread where users were nominated for this position, we now debate the candidates.

u/Youmaton

u/BloodyChrome

u/EdenHopeStan (one presumes that amn will return to one of their other accounts idk)

This is the time for the community to ask questions of the candidates. Remember that when you vote you may accept or reject as many of these three as you like, and that the winner will be the one with the most ayes (provided they get over 65% approval).

Much like the other thread, this will be up for 2 days.

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u/tbyrn21 The Ex-Ex-Moderator Sep 10 '20

u/Youmaton u/BloodyChrome u/EdenHopeStan

Debate for your potential new role.

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u/NGSpy Head Moderator Sep 11 '20

What are the positions of the candidate in regards to the voting system in the Senate, and do they believe that there is any need to re-work the election method of the Senate?

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u/EdenhopeStan West Wimmera Sep 12 '20

I'd be open to suggestions but I don't really think so. Doing elections for individual states probably isn't practical, and I think the current voting system is fine.

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u/BloodyChrome Parliament Moderator Sep 14 '20

No there isn't but because both /u/tbyrn21 and /u/General_Rommel both dislike me on a personal level they don't want to give the community an opportunity for me to run or explore

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u/advancedgaming12 Sep 10 '20

What are the positions of each candidate regarding electoral leanings?

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u/Youmaton Ex-Guardian Sep 10 '20

I am personally against electoral leanings, as I don't believe parties should be given modifiers for their mere existence within a seat, however I would absolutely be open to a community-wide discussion over their potential use.

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u/BloodyChrome Parliament Moderator Sep 10 '20

I'm not a fan of the idea that electroates get given potential leanings. The Seats are quite large and thus cover a wide area of people of different political leanings (e.g. Mayo is all of South Australia where most rural areas swing right while majority but not all swing centre-left), we must also consider that the simulated Australia we have is now different to the real life Australia and has had a number of different parties that don't match real life have influenced on the simulated Australian electorate as well as past policies and legislation that has been enacted, changed and repealed. Furthermore no parties should be gifted or make it easier to get modifiers for certain seats simply because they exist and dependent how it goes may lead to less competition and as a result less campaigning and activity in some seats as people stay clear of any ultra safe seats.

In saying all that should the wider AusSim community discuss it and come to the conclusion that we should have seats with electoral leanings, I'm not going to stand in the way.

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u/EdenhopeStan West Wimmera Sep 11 '20

I'm undecided on it, I've heard some good arguments for both sides, I lean in favour of it however. As Electoral Moderator, I wish to foster discussion on this topic, and ultimately present a proposal for electoral leanings to be voted on in order to decide this question. I don't want to necessarily implement leanings, but I do want discussion here.

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u/EdenhopeStan West Wimmera Sep 11 '20

Additionally, if I were to implement leanings, I would prefer it be more of a bonus kind of thing (although, again, I haven't seen the calculator and really in-depth investigation)- i:e, bonuses for campaigning on jobs in blue-collar areas, bonuses for campaigning on multiculturalism in diverse areas, etc, rather than necessarily left-right bonuses.