"Hey Ilam voters, let's all randomly vote for the TOP Party!" -- Anon
"Sure absolutely why not! I don't know who they are, but they've definitely got my vote!" -- Ilam voters
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"Hey Ilam voters, let's all randomly vote for the TOP Party!" -- Anon
"Sure absolutely why not! I don't know who they are, but they've definitely got my vote!" -- Ilam voters
A tactical voter who liked TOP would give their electorate vote to Manji to try and get him into parliament, whereas a party vote TOP is a waste of time as there's no hope in hell of TOP getting 5%, so that means they can party vote for which ever party they'd prefer TOP to align with.
It looks like about 14% of voters in Ilam like TOP and are therefore willing to give Manji their electorate vote & will take the chance that Manji will go with a party they like in a coalition. This is according to the most recent poll. Not sure what else can be said; Right and Left voters have no incentive to give Manji their vote, as they have no idea who he'd go with.
This precedent, most of whom the electorate voted for him, and party voted National.
Agree again, it's just an illustration of how tactical electorate voting can put someone in parliament, and party vote whom they want them to work with. Manji is a minnow compared to Dunne, but he does have a significant following in Ilam, albeit likely to lose. Probably TOP destined to another three years at least in the political wilderness.