https://padlet.com/nicoladuckham1/rms8ekcgpo8a Nicola en-us 2018-05-17 04:05:01 UTC 2018-05-18 11:16:55 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Folder.png nicoladuckham1 https://padlet.com/nicoladuckham1/rms8ekcgpo8a/wish/261450791 During an election representatives of all parties will seek opportunities to debate issues with leaders from different parties. 

The leaders of two major parties will take place in televised debates. This means that the leader of the Labor party and the leader of the Liberal party will meet face-to-face for about an hour. Normally each leader will have the opportunity to make an opening statement for a certain period of time and then is asked questions from a panel of journalists who write about political issues. Each leader will then have the opportunity to make a final statement to conclude the debate. The party leaders and other representatives will often appear on the T.V. and radio during an election campaign. ]]> 2018-05-17 04:06:33 UTC https://padlet.com/nicoladuckham1/rms8ekcgpo8a/wish/261450791 nicoladuckham1 https://padlet.com/nicoladuckham1/rms8ekcgpo8a/wish/261450819 Media can influence our vote in many ways. There can be an add in a newspaper, a speech on t.v, a post on social media or a message on the radio. During an electoral campaign leaders will travel the country, closely followed by the media in hope to get their message across. This is a recognised strategy that all parties use. Political parties will also provide meaningful messages and promises to newspapers. Whether it is printed or online the leaders will do anything to get their message to the public. The radio provides another chance for leaders and other party representatives to present their policies. Channels such as ABC radio and Current affair programs carry out regular interviews with leaders, government ministers and Opposition people. ]]> 2018-05-17 04:06:43 UTC https://padlet.com/nicoladuckham1/rms8ekcgpo8a/wish/261450819 nicoladuckham1 https://padlet.com/nicoladuckham1/rms8ekcgpo8a/wish/261450844 Opinion polls are simply surveys taken by citizens of Australia. They are constructed by different polling companies, These companies telephone people and ask them a series of questions in order to conduct their survey. These questions often include their age and level of income to insure they survey a broad range of people. They conduct surveys based on people's attitudes to government policies and actions. To make sure they can get the best results they will survey people to find out whether they support or oppose a political policy or promise. When the election day grows closer they will conduct extra surveys to find out who people are going to vote for. Opinion polls will also alert the leaders what issues voters are concerned about. This way they can alter their policies and promises to make sure they are voted for. ]]> 2018-05-17 04:06:54 UTC https://padlet.com/nicoladuckham1/rms8ekcgpo8a/wish/261450844 nicoladuckham1 https://padlet.com/nicoladuckham1/rms8ekcgpo8a/wish/261450879 Every political party will put together an advertising program as part of their election campaign. The most common form of advertising used is Television. Parties will also advertise on the radio and in newspapers. Most types of advertising have to be short with a catchy message or slogan. Leaders will also try to create a negative impression of their opponents in hope that people take their side into consideration. 

]]> 2018-05-17 04:07:05 UTC https://padlet.com/nicoladuckham1/rms8ekcgpo8a/wish/261450879 nicoladuckham1 https://padlet.com/nicoladuckham1/rms8ekcgpo8a/wish/261450899 Every party has support from interest groups throughout the community. The liberal party gets support from business groups. These business groups will often donate money to help pay for the advertising. The Labor party also has strong links with the trade union and movement. The union movement will also donate large amounts of money to the party's campaign. Unions will often campaign directly against the opposing team. In this case the Liberal Party. For example in the 2007 election the unions campaigned against the Liberal governments WorkChoices laws. This was because the laws harmed ordinary workers who were often union members. ]]> 2018-05-17 04:07:14 UTC https://padlet.com/nicoladuckham1/rms8ekcgpo8a/wish/261450899 nicoladuckham1 https://padlet.com/nicoladuckham1/rms8ekcgpo8a/wish/261450928 Political parties will have a wider variety of additional campaign techniques to insure they are voted for. Letter boxing is a popular technique used when parties will print and distribute leaflets during an election campaign. These leaflets will often feature a photo and information about the candidate and the party's policies. The party members will then volunteer to hand out the leaflets to letterboxes. On top of online polling companies will carry out surveys of voters opinions. Political parties will want updated feedback on how effective it is and how well it has been received by voters. This is handy to know whether their policies are popular or not and if they need to change anything to insure they receive the best results. Door knocking is a method of campaigning where a candidate walks around the electorate while knocking on doors to talk to various types of voters. ]]> 2018-05-17 04:07:23 UTC https://padlet.com/nicoladuckham1/rms8ekcgpo8a/wish/261450928 nicoladuckham1 https://padlet.com/nicoladuckham1/rms8ekcgpo8a/wish/261450947 Nearly everyone that is eligible to vote has some kind of social media. We are able to access websites, emails and social media from nearly everywhere through phones and laptops. This means we can easily express an opinion on any issue to anyone. Political Parties and leaders are aware of social media and are using this to their advantage. They are able to appeal to the public easily, in particular younger voters.

Every major party has a Facebook page so that they can keep their supporters updated. Most individual members of parliament also have their own Facebook pages so they can provide information about their campaign. Also almost every member pf parliament in Australia has a Twitter account. Former prime minister Kevin Rudd created a Twitter account and mad more that 1.3 million followers. The current prime minister Malcom Turnbull also had over 640 000 Twitter followers.  

Any member of parliament, supporters of political parties, opponents and other people campaigning can all use social media. members of parliament can easily influence peoples vote by simply using social media. ]]> 2018-05-17 04:07:35 UTC https://padlet.com/nicoladuckham1/rms8ekcgpo8a/wish/261450947