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Posted October 20, 2017 03:09 · last edited October 20, 2017 03:13

I think the government could be more representative. 

Having NZF being the only one holding the balance of power isn’t ideal (I’d be saying this no matter who he chose). 

Greens of course had the opportunity to also influence the government but campaigned on the fact they weren’t even going to talk to national, so that literally only left NZF holding all of the cards. That isn’t ideal. 

Lowering the 5% threshold to enter parliament would help this situation a lot. It’d result in more parties being able to enter coalition talks, instead of the 2 major parties wooing NZF we have at the moment.

It’d also result in those minor parties doing a lot better as people would actually be able to vote for the party they think represents them best. Currently some people don’t vote for those parties as its likely a wasted vote. For example, I think TOP would have done better in this election if there wasn’t a 5% threshold for seats.

Overall this would result in a government and a coalition that is more representative of what people would vote for. 

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Unknown editor edited October 20, 2017 03:13

I think the government could be more representative. 

Having NZF being the only one holding the balance of power isn’t ideal (I’d be saying this no matter who he chose). 

Greens of course had the opportunity to also influence the government but campaigned on the fact they weren’t even going to talk to national, so that literally only left NZF holding all of the cards. That isn’t ideal. 

Lowering the 5% threshold to enter parliament would help this situation a lot. It’d result in more parties being able to enter coalition talks, instead of the 2 major parties wooing NZF we have at the moment.

It’d also result in those minor parties doing a lot better as people would actually be able to vote for the party they think represents them best. Currently some people don’t vote for those parties as its likely a wasted vote. I think TOP would have done better in this election if there wasn’t a 5% threshold for seats.

Overall this would result in a government and a coalition that is more representative of what people would vote for. 

Unknown editor edited October 20, 2017 03:12

I think the government could be more representative. 

Having NZF being the only one holding the balance of power isn’t ideal (I’d be saying this no matter who he chose). 

Greens of course had the opportunity to also influence the government but campaigned on the fact they weren’t even going to talk to national, so that literally only left NZF holding all of the cards. That isn’t ideal. 

Lowering the 5% threshold to enter parliament would help this situation a lot. It’d result in more parties being able to enter coalition talks, instead of the 2 major parties wooing NZF we have at the moment.

It’d also result in those minor parties doing a lot better as people would actually be able to vote for the party they think represents them best. Currently some people don’t vote for those parties as its likely a wasted vote. 

Overall this would result in a government and a coalition that is more representative of what people would vote for.