Originally Posted by
elZorro
You mean in a good state now? Back in 2005 Helen Clark's Labour raised $2.8mill to spend in the last three months of the campaign. Even then they only just beat National, who spent about $1.9mill. But before 2004, Labour gained higher votes than National with a smaller spend. National's plot hasn't changed. They now spend over $2mill in the three months. Last time Bill went for PM in 2002, National only raised $1.1mill for spending, and they got about 21% of the party vote.
One thing I do know - how we vote as a country doesn't have much to do with critiquing past results or analysing policies. If it did, Labour would have been back in power already.