Originally Posted by
Logen Ninefingers
‘Almost zero chance of a national/act govt’.
I suppose that’s based on current polling is it. Polling that suggests Māori giving their party votes to Labour, and then in the special apartheid seats they give their votes to the Māori Party, giving them effectively two votes for every one that the NZ second class citizens (predominantly European / Asian / Pacific Island) get. So the Māori party get bugger all party votes but still end up determining who is the government.
What a great democracy aye. Moving away from ‘First Past The Post’ was supposed to ensure that everyone’s vote counted, and now under MMP some people effectively get one vote, and others get two votes.