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Thread ID: 135415 2013-10-31 03:30:00 The Polictal Polls Digby (677) PC World Chat
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1358352 2013-10-31 03:30:00 I am getting a bit sick of pollsters saying the Labour Greens coalition could form a government as a result of the latest polls.

Surely if there was an election tomorrow National as the largest party votes would get first chance to form a government.
Not a Labour Green coalition. They are 2 separate parties!

Am I right or wrong?

From a technical point of view (never mind your party politics)
Digby (677)
1358353 2013-10-31 03:48:00 Not if Nats can't get a majority, they can try but without Banks or Dunn who else is stupid enough to join their idiocy gary67 (56)
1358354 2013-10-31 04:00:00 As a Nat supporter, I wish they would ditch John Banks - he is coming across as a lying idiot - cant remember this or that.

If National were the biggest party they could try to form a government with the Mana Party if they get seats, or NZ Winston First.
Digby (677)
1358355 2013-10-31 04:18:00 Lets all vote for Winston. A National NZ First coalition can't be any worse thant the possibility of a Labour Greens coalition. Imagine the man with the built in sneer asking "Gimme back my Flagman" what to do. At least Peters has a sense of humour. :-)

Ken
kenj (9738)
1358356 2013-10-31 04:27:00 Labour and the Greens need to attract the voters and neither of them are doing a very good job of that!

These polls are pure speculation. They are "what if" polls and the possibility of Labour and the Greens attracting enough votes for an unlikely coaltion like that is just that - speculation. It means nothing at all.

Don't bother taking any notice of those polls. The only thing those polls are good for is keeping someone in a job dreaming up unrealistic polls.
Roscoe (6288)
1358357 2013-10-31 04:41:00 Lets all vote for Winston. A National NZ First coalition can't be any worse thant the possibility of a Labour Greens coalition. Imagine the man with the built in sneer asking "Gimme back my Flagman" what to do. At least Peters has a sense of humour. :-)

Ken

I see Winny as nothing but a troll in Parliament. Parliament needs one of those. :D
pcuser42 (130)
1358358 2013-10-31 04:46:00 I was hoping to just get comments on the technical side of things.

Not who we want to win.

I still say National as the biggest party (on present polling ) gets first chance.
So the news media should stop taking about a Labour-Greens victory as they are not a formal coalition.
Digby (677)
1358359 2013-10-31 05:18:00 Polls give News Hounds something to write about. Bobh (5192)
1358360 2013-10-31 05:34:00 I was hoping to just get comments on the technical side of things.

Not who we want to win.

I still say National as the biggest party (on present polling ) gets first chance.
So the news media should stop taking about a Labour-Greens victory as they are not a formal coalition.

Most news agencies in NZ are left-leaning, so they love to push their interpretation of what are effectively made-up numbers on an unsuspecting public because it suits their agenda
johcar (6283)
1358361 2013-10-31 05:38:00 Most news agencies in NZ are left-leaning

News to me :illogical
pcuser42 (130)
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