HeyJaredRichard Shaw
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Coalition leadership is hard. Luxon’s ‘nuclear option’ of electoral reform is not the answer (opens the original)
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Much to everyone’s surprise – including, it seems, his National Party colleagues – Prime Minister Christopher Luxon has committed to offering voters the chance to revisit their electoral system. Again. Perhaps we shouldn’t be surprised – National has form when it comes to constitutional change. Indeed, there’s a parallel between Luxon’s promise to hold a referendum on the voting system if reelected and the circumstances from which the mixed member proportional (MMP) system first emerged. Policy-
NZ’s political ‘centre’ is an electoral strategy, not a set of beliefs (opens the original)
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Most of us use an imaginary two-dimensional spectrum to chart the positions of political parties, generally based on the fundamental issue of the relationship between the state and private enterprise. Parties of the left tip towards a greater role for government, while those on the right favour free markets and lower taxes. The centre – that fabled land where political kingmakers and queenmakers roam – captures the moderate edges of both, at least in theory. But what that means in practice can b
This ‘centrist’ party is rising in NZ polls. Will it prove power broker? (opens the original)
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Of all the political parties contesting New Zealand’s looming general election, one seems to be generating more buzz than almost any other. That’s The Opportunity Party (TOP), whose recent polling surge has drawn no shortage of media analysis – to the point we’re seeing commentary on commentary. The most recent 1News/Verian poll put the party on 4.6% support, edging it closer to the 5% threshold needed to enter parliament. The latest Roy Morgan poll had the party over the line at 6.5%. Whether T
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