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.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Oh yeah, I'm referring to centrist voters who are weighing up the pros/cons between a rightwing coalition and a leftwing one - which would in all likelihood include TPM. Of course not all minor party policies can or should appeal to that group, but I can see this pushing more than a few people over to NACT.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years 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.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

Oh, it most definitely is.