- We're voting for Chester Borrows in the Whanganui electorate. We've had a bit to do with Chester over the last few years, and he's been very supportive of our business endeavours. Labour candidate Hamish McDouall has run a good campaign, and might have got our vote but for his opponent. But Chester epitomises what a good electorate MP does; his collaboration with Michael Laws over the Gang Insignia legislation showed that a local MP can make a difference.
- It'll come as no surprise that National gets our party vote. That's not to say that we agree with everything that National has done or is proposing, but on balance, we believe that stability is vital in what is going to be a tumultous few years.
- We're voting for change in the electoral referendum. We've never favoured MMP, for reasons which we advanced the other day.
- STV or SM? We'd almost decided on Supplementary Member, but then we read a post by DPF pushing the claims of STV. Now we're not so sure, so we'll reserach that further today.
There you have it; that's our intention when we go into the polling booth tomorrow. Will we be backing winners? Only time will tell!
5 comments:
STV makes for bigger electorates with multiple MPs which makes it harder to establish a relationship with your local MP.
I reckon representative democracy requires local representatives with small electorates.
That's my 2 cents worth anyway
Nats, Party and Electorate,
Voting for change and SM
2 ticks Conservative (National are craven whimps and the last thing I want to see is them having to reach across and cuddle up to the watermelons, and am an utterly appalled and disaffected ex-ACT supporter)
Vote for Change and SM
Party vote - Conservative
Electorate - still thinking -either National Or Conservative
Electorate Vote National. Don't like the chances of removing Grant Robertson but every vote helps.
Party ACT. I don't think The Conservatives are quite what they are cracked up to be and Banks may just pull something off in Epsom.
Voting to change. MMP is a political system designed to invoke paralaysis and that is all we have had in this country since we voted it in.
SM. Like some proportionality but still hanker after FPP.
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