Parties can't choose your preferences - only the voter can. This is a myth, but it's based off something that did exist in the past, just hasn't since before the 2016 Senate election. It was called a Group Voting Ticket and was abolished. It also has been removed from almost every single state election as well. In this episode I explained how it used to work, why it was like that, and how parties exploited it to get people elected without many votes. Now, however, you are fully in control of your preferences and parties can only merely suggest to you to vote a certain way.  

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