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There seems to be a lot of upset people on the right and the left because of the fact that top can potentially swing either way.
“You don’t know what you are going to get”
Policy wise top appears to be centre left, I think it’s a good thing for nz politics as a whole if they get in.
I've seen that comment a few times.
They're most likely to go with Labour, that's the main party who best aligns with them, but saying that means they have a lot less bargaining power.
Labour takes the Green party for granted to an extent because they're never going to go with National, TOP stating who they will work with would be a massive mistake for them to make.
The closest they have come is saying "we will talk to the party with the highest percentage of the vote first".
Under current polling that is Labour; but if National pulls ahead, then Opportunity will talk with them first.
It really depends on which policy you look at.
e.g. (not the complete list)
Left wing:
Right wing:
Both left and right:
Not left or right:
Do these polls include who people voted for previously versus who they’ll vote for now? (Sorry, I have no idea what the questionnaire looks like.) It would be interesting to see where the Opportunity votes are coming from.
I suspect most of them are coming from Labour and Green voters.
Probably although I bet there's some National voters too. National's unpopularity is at historic levels so there's lots up for grabs.
Or potentially new young voters or people who never voted before
Hopefully, I really think everyone that can vote should vote.
Make it mandatory!
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