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    just to put another slant on two party preferred and how meaningless it is

    in 1998 john howard won 49% two party preferred and Labor won 51%

    but howard ended up with 80 seats and labor 67 - a massive difference of 13 seats

    so in the end it is the seats that count

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_federal_election,_1998
 
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