Weirdest political video you’ve ever seen pitches policies via interpretative dance

It’s the silliest election video you’ve ever seen, but this wacky video from a radio-star-turned-candidate actually has a serious message.

Election campaign videos are normally pretty stage-managed affairs, with robotic-sounding political hopefuls wandering around a supermarket or school while spouting the party line.

Alex Dyson, running as an independent in the Victorian seat of Wannon, decided to take a different approach: interpretative dance.

The former Triple J breakfast presenter released a video pitching himself to voters last night, in which he explains his policy platforms via the medium of movement.

Dyson springs to life from the ground like a tree, representing his environmental push, chugga-chuggs to drive home the need for upgraded transport infrastructure, and flings himself around wildly to emphasise he’s not from the Canberra bubble.

“They’re all my moves,” he told news.com.au. “I should hope. At least, no one else is willing to put their name to it.”

A political campaign video unlike anything you've seen before.

A political campaign video unlike anything you've seen before.

While it’s all a bit of fun, Dyson is serious about his run for political office and was inspired to do so by sharing a disengaged feeling with many other young Australians.

“I’m 30 and I haven’t voted in an election where the PM has lasted a full term,” he said.

“It’s no wonder people are tuning out and thinking their vote doesn’t have meaning, that they don’t have a voice.

“Young people are super disengaged. They feel let down.

“We’ve got big issues, from global ones like climate change through to individual issues like Newstart, and they’re being ignored.

“They go to the polls and vote and the Prime Minister doesn’t even make it to the end of the first term. The people in Canberra decide who is in power.”

Alex Dyson is running as an independent in the Victorian seat of Wannon.

Wannon is held by Liberal MP Dan Tehan, the education minister, and is traditionally a blue ribbon seat.

Dyson would need a substantial swing to cause a major upset on May 18.

Should that not happen, he hopes to at least encourage young Australians to pay closer attention to key issues and the political process more broadly.

“I want to change the conversation because it’s become so toxic in Canberra,” he said. “The to and fro, the accusations, people dropping like flies … (my campaign is) a fun and positive way to hopefully inspire young people to pay a bit more attention to what’s going on.”

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And expect to see more dancing in the final few weeks of the campaign.

“Being a politician is all about clear communication. My moves seem to speak to people,” Dyson said.

“I’m quite serious about my policies, but I thought I’d let people know about them in a less robotic way than politicians usually speak.

“The only spin I have is dance-related.”

Dyson believes there’s a mood for change across the country and points to a number of independent campaigns on track to cause an upset.

“Independents are only beholden to the community they represent,” he said.

“There’s no boss telling them what to do. Someone sensible who answers to their constituents is something I think Australians are really drawn to.”

Alex Dyson (pictured with Matt Okine) rose to fame as the breakfast host on Triple J.

Prime Minister Scott Morrison, or ScoMo as he’s informally known, isn’t the only hopeful with a nickname.

Dyson is more popularly known as Rat Dog thanks to his time at youth broadcaster Triple J.

“I turned off the Vengaboys song The Venga Bus halfway through one day and a particularly irate listener texted in and called me Rat Dog,” he explained. “It caught on.”

Fair enough too.