Tag: byelection
Mount Albert ByElection Results 2009
by admin on Jun.15, 2009, under Politics, NZ and the World
Colin James in the Stuff.co.nz today:
The jury has spoken. But does it speak for anywhere other than Mt Albert? And does it speak on anything but Mt Albert’s particularities?
His writeup highlights the possibility that National’s Melissa Lee dramatic loss in the Mount Albert byelection last weekend (13 June 2009) is a possibilit that the public is starting to reject National after the 2008 election win. It went on to cite the Timaru example in 1970s.
However, questions remain to be asked. The item that is missed out of the analysis is the voter turnout rate. How many of the expected votes actually eventuate? Is there a general apathy in the region? Is Mount Albert now really a unison of, Labour vote, or could there be a large disappointment on National candidate leading to a lot of abandoned votes (which did not quite go over to Labour)? Is it really Labour, or is it simply “nothing”?
