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Saturday, November 14, 2026
Anglo Saxon: National's Bud Light Moment - New Zealand election carnage
Anglo Saxon takes a look at the post-election fallout, the results of tactical voting and what National must do to regain credibilty
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2 comments:
Janine
said...
Too true. NZF and ACT voters contributed to the National electorate votes. To clinch the deal National voters needed to give their party votes to NZF or ACT. As was explained many times, they didn't even need to like the minor parties. Just as the minor party voters have unshackled themselves from National. The alternative was a left-wing coalition...and still might be.
This should be required watching for all National strategists. The fact they won’t, much less take any notice of its key messages, means National is doomed to minor party status come 2029. Then it will be split voting on steroids. We’ve seen how it works and what it can deliver. By 2029 everyone will have got the memo. David Seymour for PM!
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2 comments:
Too true. NZF and ACT voters contributed to the National electorate votes. To clinch the deal National voters needed to give their party votes to NZF or ACT. As was explained many times, they didn't even need to like the minor parties. Just as the minor party voters have unshackled themselves from National.
The alternative was a left-wing coalition...and still might be.
This should be required watching for all National strategists.
The fact they won’t, much less take any notice of its key messages, means National is doomed to minor party status come 2029.
Then it will be split voting on steroids.
We’ve seen how it works and what it can deliver.
By 2029 everyone will have got the memo.
David Seymour for PM!
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