The Nature of Competition

To have more than one party seems a democratic norm. This follows from the assumption that political democracy requires competition to give the voters a choice. The basis for competition is intra-party, and its form is the party primary officially conducted by the state in the manner of a general election. The basis for competition is intra-party, and its form is the party primary officially conducted by the state in the manner of a general election. The number of parties is worth separate analysis here in order to emphasize how in fact, it is a response of the nature. The Country party wins non-Labor votes, and therefore parliamentary seats, which the main non-Labor party, the Liberals, would ineffectively mobilize. The parties, representing interests, then bargain with each other instead of having interest groups bargain with each other within a party.

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