03-10-2020, 03:50 PM
Voters are probably struggling to come up with things that Peters achieved during the past few years. The media painted him as begrudgingly doing what Labour wanted and disagreeing most of the time with the Greens.
Granted the armed forces do have some shiny new bits and bobs (which we rarely see), and the racing industry got itself some much-needed money (see that Collins announced some racing policy today - they're a fairly right-leaning lot, so she didn't have to announce much), but that doesn't excite the usual Ma & Pa voter.
Not sure where Winston's traditional voter base of older people have drifted to. Some seniors have been a bit fearful of Covid so they might have gone to where they felt safe (Ardern has well and truly mothered the nation), whereas others probably didn't appreciate being cooped up so would have gone to the blue party. Can't see them drifting to the fringe parties, but the old ones can always be a little unpredictable. Gotta love 'em!
Granted the armed forces do have some shiny new bits and bobs (which we rarely see), and the racing industry got itself some much-needed money (see that Collins announced some racing policy today - they're a fairly right-leaning lot, so she didn't have to announce much), but that doesn't excite the usual Ma & Pa voter.
Not sure where Winston's traditional voter base of older people have drifted to. Some seniors have been a bit fearful of Covid so they might have gone to where they felt safe (Ardern has well and truly mothered the nation), whereas others probably didn't appreciate being cooped up so would have gone to the blue party. Can't see them drifting to the fringe parties, but the old ones can always be a little unpredictable. Gotta love 'em!