What else is there other than the ballot box?
Other ways to cast your vote
When most people think of democracy they think of a society based around the majority of citizens living under a set of rules they approve of.
One that entails regular voting in elections for representatives in government that will run that government in a way that matches their beliefs best. You chose the candidate that best reflects your beliefs and you vote for them and the majority rules apply.
But what about if we started not just voting at the ballot box and we started voting with every other means at our disposal
Voting with our WALLETS & Voting with our FEET
How to vote with your WALLET
The concept of voting with your wallet is one that means every single time you make a purchase you are placing a vote based on your beliefs:
- Whether you are a vegan buying a shopping cart with only vegetables, or a carnivore buying a shopping cart with only meat
- Whether you are investing your savings into an Oil drilling company or a solar panel company or a weapons manufacturer or a child's toy making company
- Do you buy the cheap T-Shirt made with slave labour out of Xinjiang or do you buy the more expensive one made in your own country with voluntary labour.
How to vote with your FEET
The concept of voting with your feet would be that instead of, or in addition to, choosing the right politician, You would choose the right electorate
Finding an electorate with beliefs you most agree with, and move there, to live with those like minded people instead of trying to make everyone in your current location live under a set rules you want when they clearly don’t want to.
Instead of beating your head against a wall living under laws and rules you fundamentally disagree with, join a community that already holds your same beliefs, somewhere you already belong.
Here are the top 20 electorates for each major ParTY
Australian Labour Party (ALP)
If the Labour Party is your preferred political party, you want to be:
- In Sydney, Perth, Adelaide, Melbourne or Canberra in a suburb that has a low socio economic status
Liberal (LIB)
If the Liberal Party is your chosen political party, you want to be:
- In Sydney or Perth in a suburb that has a high socio economic status
OR
- Anywhere in SA that is not Adelaide or Kangaroo Island
OR
- Regional south west QLD and specific parts of south east QLD
OR
- NSW Southern Highlands or South West NSW
The Greens (GRN)
If the Greens are your preferred political party, you want to be:
- In any Capital City (Except Darwin), but only in the CBD
OR
- Byron Bay
OR
- In the Wollongong or Newcastle CBD
The Nationals (NAT)
If the National's are your chosen political party, you want to be:
- In VIC anywhere outside of Melbourne
OR
- In central or northern NSW
One Nation (ONP)
If Pauline Hanson and her One Nation Party share your preferred political beliefs, you want to be:
- Anywhere in QLD except for a handful of suburbs in Brisbane, The Gold Coast, Sunshine Coast or Katter Country
OR
- Hunter Valley NSW
- Central Tablelands NSW
- Mid North Coast & North Coast NSW
OR
- Gippsland VIC
OR
- North Adelaide
United Australia Party (UAP)
If Clive Palmer and his United Australia Party are your chosen political party, you want to be:
- In South Western QLD & a few suburbs in southern Brisbane
OR
- South Western Sydney
OR
- North Western VIC & a few outer suburbs of Melbourne
The Shooters, Fishers & Farmers Party (SFF)
If the Shooters, Fishers & Farmer's Party share your political beliefs, you want to be:
In Farming Country
- South Western QLD
OR
- Anywhere in NSW outside of Sydney, The South Coast & Central Coast
OR
- Anywhere in VIC outside of Melbourne
OR
- Central & East TAS