Stuff’s polls aren’t usually known for their left-wing bias. Indeed there’s a tendency for them to pitch the other way. Which is why I clicked on the results button for their latest (self-selected) poll with some trepidation. after all the question was “Should doctors be encouraged to question unemployed patients on their career goals?”
The results were a pleasant surprise:
Once again New Zealanders have shown that they aren’t the conservative bennie bashers that beltway types think they are. And that’s despite the right being given a free run with their anti-beneficiary narrative for the last 25 years.
As I’ve said again and again, despite the views of so many privileged beltway types “middle New Zealand” isn’t a synonym for “bigot”.
There’s a strong and enduring vein of progressive egalitarianism that runs through this country. It’s something the left should take hope from.
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