Can government policy be influenced by wealthy donors?

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Now, in Australia, some 45% of seats always return a "conservative"-type MP, and 45% a Labor Party MP, leaving 10% of seats potentially "swinging".

In that 10%, the voters uasuall divide into 3 groups, 45% for each party, 10% swinging.

The swinging voters in the swinging seats decide the election result, and thereby "dictate to the rest"; that is, 10% of 10% of the electorate, which I make 1%!

 

I thought Australia contained quite a lot of swinging types.Your analysis is oversimplified almost simplistic,and as a psephologist you make an admirable statistician.Gough Whitlam was the king!