Rich80105
2020-10-09 09:58:23 UTC
Apparently there is a bizarre story going around that with the greens
close to falling under 5%, and Labour nearly at 50%, some National
voters are voting for the National candidate for the electorate but
voting Labour for the party vote so that Labour will not need the
Green Party. Sounds silly for me but apparently they saw something on
Kiwiblog about it. If it was there I think its likely to be one excuse
that National wants for a poor showing, but it is known that Labour
voters have in the past given their party vote to the Green Party to
make sure they do not fall under 5%.
There will be able to be some analysis of votes by polling booth to
see to what extent that may be happening, but it prompted a suggestoin
that poll results should not be allowed to be published after say a
few weeks before voting starts. I'm inclined to not change that, but I
think we should change to preferential voting for electorate seats, a
lower threshold (4% was recommended by the Royal Commission), and not
having an electorate seat change the threshold for list seats.
close to falling under 5%, and Labour nearly at 50%, some National
voters are voting for the National candidate for the electorate but
voting Labour for the party vote so that Labour will not need the
Green Party. Sounds silly for me but apparently they saw something on
Kiwiblog about it. If it was there I think its likely to be one excuse
that National wants for a poor showing, but it is known that Labour
voters have in the past given their party vote to the Green Party to
make sure they do not fall under 5%.
There will be able to be some analysis of votes by polling booth to
see to what extent that may be happening, but it prompted a suggestoin
that poll results should not be allowed to be published after say a
few weeks before voting starts. I'm inclined to not change that, but I
think we should change to preferential voting for electorate seats, a
lower threshold (4% was recommended by the Royal Commission), and not
having an electorate seat change the threshold for list seats.