The one saving grace, for me, of the Australian electoral system is that we have preferential voting, unfortunately it is an under used, misunderstood tool for the electorate that the parties are able to manipulate to their advantage.Viva la Republique!
UPDATE: If Americans had preferential voting then Gore would have won in Florida with or without any hanging chads.
I love preferential voting. When I was in Las Vegas, I explained how it worked to some delighted shop assistants in Anthropologie. You know, instead of drinking or gambling. ‘Cos that’s how I roll.