Focus On Federal Election 2016 - Chifley Federal Seat!

Australians have the right to vote at any local, State and Federal Elections. This year there will be a Federal election this towards September and it is every single voters right to vote. Voters place their mark against the candidates name, who they would like to represent them and the people in the electorate.

It's funny how each tier of government fits in the jigsaw puzzle of electorates.  The major seat that covers Mount Druitt is Chifley a very safe Labor Party Seat, currently held by Ed Husic. 
Chifley seat sits comfortably between 2 swinging Federal seats of Greenway and Lindsay (East to West) and also Macquarie and Mcmahon from North to South.

Ed Husic Federal Member for Chifley

Ed Husic to me, is a modern politician that is up to date with social media and loves updating pictures of himself with members of the community,  informing the community what he is up to. He also, in his second term of Government, is becoming a prominent Labor Party Opposition Member that the Press do love to question and receive answers. I do think that he could be  hold a 'Top Ministerial Position' in years to come!  In 2013 Federal Election he won the seat on 2 party preferred at 60.55% of the vote compared to Liberal candidate Isabelle White with 39.45% of the vote - there was a minor 1.79% against Ed Husic - but that could be picked up at next election as he continues to build his profile!

Although the seat is nearly 47 years old,  the naming of the electoral is from a former Labor Prime Minister, Ben Chifley.

Click here for Wikipedia details on Ben Chifley 

Click here for Australian Electoral Commission details on Chifley Seat

In the modern day, it is difficult for anyone to be a politician as you could pronounce a policy as a Prime Minister that 90 percent of the population agree on and the 10% that disagree will influence 45 per cent of other voters to change their mind, giving them the upper hand majority. This is done via discussions in social media, local and wider media streams. There is a lot of pressure to keep your constituents happy.

Chifley had 94, 991 voters of which 12,690 voted informal. I do not like informal votes as they are a waste of paper and yet some people the intention of voting informal intentionally and also there is the unintentional ones as well.

I would like candidates running for the Federal seat of Chifley, capture the informal voters and make an effort to have them reduced substantially by explaining why it is so important to vote.

Unintentional votes are the ones that have gone in and left the ballot paper empty forgetting to make their vote or they have numbered but duplicated the same number on two or more candidates or they make a comment of who they vote for and didn't place their  numbered vote on the ballot paper!

So, as we focus on the oncoming year for the Federal Election, we again will ask candidates of  Chifley, as to 'whyilovemountdruit' their way and when the responses come through, we will publish them immediately, through the year!

We will also look at issue that affect the Federal Seat of Chifley and could change swinging or informal voters.