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PADem
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« Reply #30 on: September 04, 2005, 03:20:34 AM » |
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Why would you disagree? So what if she changed her gender. It's not her fault she was born as a man.
I believe that risky surgery for a lifestyle choice is at best a bad idea. Unlike Jake, however I respect her right to participate in the political process and be shown respect, and not subjected to being called f'd in the head for the choices she's made. Regardless, this thread was supposed to be about discussing the pending election, which, just recently has seen as swing to the Center Right national party putting them in a good position just two weeks out.
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PADem
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« Reply #45 on: September 17, 2005, 06:48:08 AM » |
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Very interesting. Formerly fractured right has basically reassembled. Party Share (previous) projected seats
National 40.28 (21.08) 49 Labour 40.06 (41.32) 49 NZ First 5.83 (10.64)7 Green 5.15 (6.51) 6 Maori Party 1.84 (0.00) 4 United Future NZ 2.77 (6.84) 3 ACT 1.51 (7.09) 2 Progressive Coalition 1.26 (1.74) 2
5379 of 6216 polling places counted (86.53%)
What government can we expect on these figures?
Well its changed a bit since then, Labour has 50 to Nationals 49 now. and Progressive Coalition will only get one seat Currently the news networks are predicting a Labour (50) + Progessives (1) Coalition, with support on confidence supply and demand votes from the Greens (6), Maori Party (4) and United Future (3). That brings the total to 64 votes, out of a parliament of 122. The reason for the overhang (122 as opposed to 120) is that the Maori party has won four electorate seats (4 of the 7 reserved for Maori) yet get only 2% (enough for 2 seats) of the party vote. United Future is in theory a center-right party, but the leader has said he will support on confidence, supply and demand, the party with the most seats.
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