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[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 weeks ago

This is all true, but there's more:

Our election campaigns are six weeks by definition. No political ads filling the airwaves the rest of the time.
We have preferential voting. You don't have to choose only between the shit and shit-lite parties. You can vote for someone else, and still put shit-lite as your preferred option if the independent you voted first for didn't get in.
The electoral commission will help pay for your campaigning if you secured 5% of the vote. Evens the field a bit for not-rich people to run.
Political signs on houses are pretty rare. Maybe a couple of diehard fans.
Nobody gets real angry at you if you vote for someone different.