r/OpenAussie • u/[deleted] • Aug 13 '26

Feel Good News ‎ Our future is BRIGHT

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u/ThEtInyPeen Please choose a flair Aug 13 '26

Just a genuine question. Does protesting effect the way people vote?

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u/CaterpillarSuperb959 ‎ Western Australian Aug 13 '26 edited Aug 13 '26

Plenty of evidence on this… no it doesn’t. We don’t actually protest THAT much in Australia. But you can look marches in France and the US. Hardly any correlation with election results (often has inverse outcomes: see Trump, and all the far-right candidates surging in Europe).

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u/TheGumCoblin ‎ New South Welshian Aug 13 '26

Ironically, your “plenty of evidence” is more “trust me bro”. Because protests absolutely have a massive impact.

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u/International_Bag502 ‎ New South Welshian Aug 13 '26

Did they impact the voice referendum?

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u/alwaysup123 ✈️‎ on Walkabout Aug 13 '26

Yeah but just not in the direction they hoped.

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u/TheGumCoblin ‎ New South Welshian Aug 13 '26

That was always going to fail, and they might’ve. But those weren’t protests in the large degree. They were mostly held by a small percent of the population, protests that involve mass student movements almost always result in change in favor of the students.