The left needs to be gone, no question and I'm happy for Act/National to replace them. My concern is Luxon has expressed woke tendencies also. I'm hoping Seymour will keep Luxon in check but that is yet to be seen.
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I would think at this point, if anyone was on the fence between a vote for ACT or National you'd really have to go ACT at this point. It seems most on the right are somewhere in between National and ACT so a few more seats for ACT would result in the best compromise between the two parties.
Labour’s New Zealand epitomised -
https://twitter.com/1NewsNZ/status/1703914447360696430
Check out the comments under the tweet. 😂
Maybe, providing they both gained similar numbers of seats. But I'm not sure how I would feel if ACT turned things around and we ended up with an ACT/National coalition, rather than the National/ACT coalition we are all expecting, and yes, there is a difference.
Why do we have to have this First Past The Post idea of ‘they are the main party’s’. It’s myopic. People always whinge about the choice between Labour and National, but that’s our choice to consider it in that narrow way. If ACT and the Greens get most of the vote, they will be main party’s, and the sun will still come up tomorrow. ‘The leaders debate’….and it’s just Chipkins and Luxon….reinforces this whole idea of ‘the main party’s’.
If the Greens got more votes than Labour, for example, it wouldn’t be a sign of the coming apocalypse, it’d just be something that we are not used to seeing.
I get what you are saying, but it is not surprising that we think this way. It is literally all we have ever known in this country. Which is, part of the problem in my opinion. Having said that, I think it is understandable if people feel a little cautious/apprehensive, about the possibility of an "outside the square" election outcome. While ACT and the Greens are experienced parties, they have zero experience at running the country. They might do a great job. They also might not.
Fungus Pudding is right - any of those unexpected scenarios, would bring a heck of a lot of new, inexperienced people into play. There is much to be said for new blood, but I think it needs to be balanced with experience.
We will see. Right now, anything could happen - well pretty much anything, other than the status quo remaining.
New, inexperienced people might actually listen to the advice they are given. Something Labour has demonstrated is not their strongsuit.