• @DaveMA
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    119 months ago

    TPM isn’t trying to get votes from the general population. They are trying to get votes from Māori.

    Over 50% of the prison population are Māori. There’s a high chance that Māori voters know someone that has been to prison, and there’s a good chance that many believe they never should have been there.

    I think TPM have been around long enough to do some opinion polling and testing of waters before announcing a policy like this. There’s a good chance it’s a popular policy with the voters they are targeting.

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      • @DaveMA
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        59 months ago

        Personally I’d like to see three or four parties on either side of the spectrum get enough votes to hold seats. so that parties have options to form a government. The idea that if you don’t want Labour then you have to vote National/Act is damaging I think, and is pushing many people to vote against their own beliefs.