I'm not sure if it's because of an inherent bias against non-English surnames, or just that Chloe Swarbrick had a bit of a following after her good effort in the Auckland mayoralty race.
Because the Greens' candidate, Hayley Holt is a well-known TV personality.
Thank you Murray!
All fair minded Kiwis should be praising the heck out of Murray McCully for what he has done, regardless of your feelings towards the Nats. Well done McCully, thank you for standing up for Kiwi values against the Israeli terrorist government.
Sykes beat the Labour candidate in Waiariki by over 1000 votes, why should she be the one to step aside?
Labour did run a candidate in Coromandel in 1999. Helen threw her under a bus, and she was upset about it. http://www.electionresults.org.nz/electionresults_1999/e9/html/cand_09.html
It doesn't matter mickysavage, the fact remains that Kelvin Davis was ranked below several less talented candidates. If the list was ranked according to talent, Kelvin would've been safely in even if Labour got just 20%.
You should've been there after the 2011 election as well.
Of those 15 Nat MPs leaving, only Ryall had any real value. Jones is a big loss for Labour.
Winston is unstoppable coming from a term spent entirely in opposition. Winston will be back for at least another term.
I think the election result is going to be something like: National 41% Labour 35% Greens 10% NZF 6% Conservatives 3% Mana 1.5% Maori Party 1% ACT 0.7% and Epsom
Wasted vote over the years: 2011: 3.37% 2008: 6.55% 2005: 1.3% 2002: 4.89% The lowest figure of that lot (1.3%) would still be enough to cover two single seat parties. If both New Zealand First and the Conservatives make it in, the wasted vote will be low....
I just want to say that I found the attack on Pete disgusting-so disgusting, this could've almost been a kiwiblog comments section.
Of note is that 5% is the highest the TV3 poll has had New Zealand First in over 6 years (they've long understated their support). This combined with the Roy Morgan show the trend is definitely down for National, and up for Labour.
Or, it makes the former MP for Te Tai Tokerau Tau Henare the most powerful man in parliament. Good luck getting him to agree to remove the Maori seats.
Actually, thanks to tactical voting, those on the left ensured there would be at least one female MP of Pasifika descent in parliament by voting in 8th-placed candidate Asenati Taylor, a Samoan community leader in South Auckland. Labour/Green voters who ...
Wrong, Cam Calder was in on the night, but they lost him once the specials had been counted and the Greens got an extra one instead. NZF were on the cusp of getting a ninth, so I doubt it would fall enough from here to deny an eighth.
Oh and yes to MMP, STV
Hauraki-Waikato: Angeline Greensill (Mana) Party vote: New Zealand First
Maori polling is quite volatile. Waiariki in 1999 had Tuariki Delamere leading Mita Ririnui in the landline polls-Mita Ririnui almost doubled Delamere's vote in the end. Tu Wyllie was also polling ahead for New Zealand First in 1999 in Te Tai Tonga as well...
Yes, who knows, we could one day have Kelvin Davis, leader of the Labour Party v Simon Bridges, leader of the National Party.
Yeah, that's my opinion as well. They're not exactly complaining about it.
Given Winston has been attacking National the last 6 years and has given Labour a fairly easy go, how on earth does that strategy work? I've always thought Labour's best chance of governing was LAB/GRN/MRI or Mana. LAB/NZF would only work if they could ...
Great move. People have been very disappointed with Labour's performance in opposition-how on earth did Tony Ryall get a free run this year-he's the minister of HEALTH-one of the most controversial portfolios there is. And why hasn't Cunliffe made more of ...
If Anthony Dancer or Dr. Matheson Russell, or anyone else criticising the expenditure on what is a once-in-a-lifetime event for most people at the game, has ever spent more than $1000 on anything that wasn't a donation to charity, then they're hypocrites.
Actually, it makes perfect sense if you're worried about wasted vote. NZF will get 3% at the very minimum. This 3% increases the possibility of Key being able to win a sole majority. By tactically ensuring NZF get over the 5% mark however, that ...
I think Dunne will be fine, and will increase his majority. I expect he'll lose 2,000 of his votes last time to Chauvel (those who like Dunne but prefer Labour), but take up around 5,000 votes off Shanks.
Go here Richard: http://www.electionresults.org.nz/electionresults_2008/splitvote_index.html
I reckon Parker should campaign on not being part of the cosy experiment, and to ask National voters who don't like the cosy ACT deal to vote for him to teach National and ACT a lesson.
Actually, looking at the split vote results for 2008, 16% of Labour and 16% of Green voters gave their electorate vote to Rodney Hide. I was quite surprised by that.
Louisa Wall does seem to be completely different to the popular long-serving outgoing MP, George Hawkins though. I presume Louisa Wall won't be supporting Hawkins' bill on Manukau prostitution that him and Manukau East MP Ross Robertson supported?
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