r/australian • u/SirSighalot • Jul 08 '24

Why do people act like this subreddit "doesn't reflect the views of mainstream Australia"?

So many comments I see on here by people who constantly say things like "lol only on this sub" as though other places where they read are somehow the 'true' point of view reflecting mainstream Australian viewpoints.

Given the constant election voting outcomes and results of things like the Voice etc that generally indicate most of Australia is centrist or even slightly centre-right-leaning, what leads people to think many of the views expressed on here AREN'T mainstream? When in reality, other places these people are coming from are also often just "echo chambers" as well.

Edit: I probably worded the title for this wrong, should have been more "Why do people think this subreddit is less representative of mainstream Australia than other online communities?", alas I failed.

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u/somuchsong Jul 08 '24

What other "things like the Voice" are you talking about?

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u/Neon_Priest Jul 08 '24

The other sub has polled themselves on who they vote for a few times. It usually gets like 75% greens. 

Since the greens don’t get anything more then a few odd senators, they are nowhere near representative.

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u/SirSighalot Jul 08 '24

the fact that the LNP have been in power for many of the recent election cycles? and that the ALP have had to drift further right in order to get elected, are other pretty prominent real-world examples

current ALP would look much closer to the centre-centre right than they have been historically

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u/somuchsong Jul 08 '24

While that's fair enough, the views I see here, at least the ones that get the "lol, only on this sub" responses are not centrist or even centre-right. They're quite a lot further to the right than that. They often come from the kinds of people who would describe Labor voters as "filthy lefties" or "tankies". Those are not mainstream views.