ralph9.bsky.social @ralph9.bsky.social · 03/10/2026In the process they’re also causing potentially major damage to the future of both MMP and the Māori seats. It’s a lose-lose-lose strategy 001
ralph9.bsky.social @ralph9.bsky.social · 03/10/2026It gives cover to Mowbrays’ attempts at manipulating a disproportionate result for the right at the same time as rendering chance of a disproportionate outcome for the left much reduced 100
ralph9.bsky.social @ralph9.bsky.social · 03/10/2026TPM is not “reinforcing” strategy - they’re backtracking. Putting in a party list (so they appear in party vote colum) while still rhetorically committing to not wanting party votes to try and give the left a disproportionate outcome is the worst of both worlds for the left 100
Reposted by @ralph9.bsky.socialHayden Donnell @haydendonnell.bsky.social · 30/03/2026story does contain some fun quotes from Wayne Brown 35311
ralph9.bsky.social @ralph9.bsky.social · 31/03/2026Cross tabs of minor parties for any poll going to be highly questionable 010
ralph9.bsky.social @ralph9.bsky.social · 22/01/2026What do the brackets and / mean? Some sort of support deal rather than full coalition? 100
ralph9.bsky.social @ralph9.bsky.social · 12/08/2025Unsure how telling the other side to get “a spine” is different from John Key telling Labour to “get some guts” on sending troops to Iraq which was not reprimanded at all from memory and was seen as a great oratory moment in Parliament 0114
Reposted by @ralph9.bsky.socialDylan Difford @dylandifford.bsky.social · 01/08/20254/ The most dishonest referendum campaign in the UK during the 2010s was the No2AV campaign, and it's not even close. 41078
ralph9.bsky.social @ralph9.bsky.social · 30/07/2025If Keisha has been removed and put on what’s called the dormant roll then re-activating her enrolment should put her back on the Māori roll in time for voting in Māori seat by-election and for local elections. Unless she was on the general roll before being removed 000
Reposted by @ralph9.bsky.socialAPPG for Fair Elections @appgfairelections.bsky.social · 17/07/2025“There's much to welcome in the Govt’s proposals, including the reduction of the voting age to 16. But there's a danger that young people’s enthusiasm for our democracy will be dampened because our First Past the Post excludes so many of their voices from our politics.” 💬 @lisasmartmp.bsky.social 12012
Reposted by @ralph9.bsky.socialLewis Goodall @lewisgoodall.com · 25/06/2025Plenty still scoff at idea of an AOC run. But the Mamdani success should remind us how formidable a candidate she will be in the Dem 28 primary. And she'd be formidable in the general too. Because like Trump, she is one of the few politicians to truly grasp the media age we're living in. 3361770
ralph9.bsky.social @ralph9.bsky.social · 04/06/2025Latest RNZ poll is the best ever polling result for NZ First while they’ve been in govt 010
Reposted by @ralph9.bsky.socialLewis Goodall @lewisgoodall.com · 01/06/2025AP reporting Red Cross hospital in Gaza saying at least 21 people killed and another 175 injured in Gaza as they went to receive aid from an Israeli-backed foundation. 35206120
Reposted by @ralph9.bsky.socialAnandamide @anandamide.bsky.social · 27/05/2025I made this meme less than three months ago for something entirely different yet somehow it's relevant again 🙃 236884
Reposted by @ralph9.bsky.socialRebecca Matthews @rebeccamatthews.bsky.social · 16/05/2025The Golden Mile project spans three mayors and councils. It’s not a recent or rushed decision, been consulted on many times & supported in multiple elections. The work of this council stays in place largely until halfway through the next council term. This is how local government works!rnz.co.nzUnethical for Wellington council to sign more Golden Mile contracts, Andrew Little saysWellington mayor says project has been given the green-light, and it appears Little did not understand council process. 411634
Reposted by @ralph9.bsky.socialpsheth.bsky.social @psheth.bsky.social · 16/05/2025Honestly don't understand the people who want to "leave Courtenay Place alone." I walk/cycle through it every day and it's a complete dump. No one stops there except to grab a takeaway. What are these people desperate to preserve? It desperately needs rejuvenation, and it will thrive afterward... 0438
Reposted by @ralph9.bsky.socialPaul Fairie @paulisci.bsky.social · 08/05/2025Early exit polls suggest the new pope did particularly well with male voters aged 45-79. 206126401834
ralph9.bsky.social @ralph9.bsky.social · 30/04/2025Well there is no Central Govt pre-election caretaker convention in NZ as per the Cabinet Manual, only a reference to some restraint around appointments and govt advertising 100
Reposted by @ralph9.bsky.socialThomas Nash @thomasnash.bsky.social · 30/04/2025What is really baffling here is that one of Andrew Little’s most prominent commitments so far is to “make public transport cheaper” and while that is actually impossible for him to do (wrong council), what he could deliver is more bus improvements, including the long overdue ones on the Golden Mile! 37413
Reposted by @ralph9.bsky.socialRebecca Matthews @rebeccamatthews.bsky.social · 30/04/2025Andrew Little on why we shouldn’t complete Golden Mile contracts. He’s wrong. Yes big decisions taper off after July recess up to the election, but this is not a new decision. This work has been coming for years, through multiple decisions over multiple councils. It’s happening. 1410818
Reposted by @ralph9.bsky.socialEddie Clark @dreddieclark.bsky.social · 29/04/2025AV isn't a perfect electoral system by any means (has some of the same pathologies as FPP), but I can guarantee to you we won't, in the Aus election this weekend, see an utter absurdity of a result like this where the winner in no way meaningfully represents the majority in the electorate. FPP, man 23611
ralph9.bsky.social @ralph9.bsky.social · 29/04/2025I didn’t actually realise till now but at the start of the month they also announced they’re going to disenfranchise thousands of people who enrol on election day itself 110
ralph9.bsky.social @ralph9.bsky.social · 29/04/2025more like 25 percentage points behind the Conservatives on average. One of the most incredible polling turnarounds in political history. 010
Reposted by @ralph9.bsky.socialLewis Goodall @lewisgoodall.com · 29/04/2025Not since the 1940s has a Canadian Party enjoyed four or more wins on the trot. Quite something that Donald Trump would become the saviour of Canadian progressivism and Davos man Mark Carney the standard bearer of Canadian nationalism. 825428
Reposted by @ralph9.bsky.socialElectoral Reform Society @electoralreform.bsky.social · 24/04/2025The last government's Elections Bill broke the way we elect our mayors, allowing candidates to sneak in with low levels of public support. We could easily see a new record set on May 1st for most unpopular mayor. www.electoral-reform.org.uk/are-we-going...electoral-reform.org.ukAre we going to see Mayors elected with even lower levels of public support in 2025?Four Combined Authority mayors will be elected on 1 May 2025, but changes to the rules could see mayors taking power with little public support locally.Voters are going to the polls in 042
Reposted by @ralph9.bsky.socialRebecca Matthews @rebeccamatthews.bsky.social · 21/04/2025I'm running! With our city (and world) the way it is, there's a need for constructive, pragmatic people at the table. If I'm lucky enough to receive the Greens nomination, I'll be asking for your help - for housing, infrastructure, for a Wellington where everyone can thrive. 2630767
Reposted by @ralph9.bsky.socialJoel MacManus @joelmacmanus.bsky.social · 16/04/2025I suspect that Andrew Little entering the race actually helps Tory Whanau's candidacy. It means she isn't the sole target of attacks from the right, and it means she can run to Little's left, positioning herself as the change/transformation candidate despite being the incumbent. 6587
ralph9.bsky.social @ralph9.bsky.social · 07/04/2025Kinda appropriate that the “Great” in MAGA refers to the Gilded Age 000
ralph9.bsky.social @ralph9.bsky.social · 07/04/2025Be interested in what an Advertising Standards Authority spokesperson would say. If it was actually during an election campaign I’d think some of these codes would arguably be in play 051
Reposted by @ralph9.bsky.socialRustie @rustie.bsky.social · 01/04/2025Petition to the Telecommunications Commissioner to make all our phones play the "Goodnight Kiwi" video at 11pm then switch social media off for the night.media.tenor.coma gif from gifkaro shows a cat and a rabbit in spaceALT: a gif from gifkaro shows a cat and a rabbit in space 514442
Reposted by @ralph9.bsky.socialStephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 24/03/2025New poll from Labour Together that really underlines just how utterly negligent it was not to change the electoral system for mayors back to ranked voting. 25356102
Reposted by @ralph9.bsky.socialLabour4PR 🌹🗳️ @labour4pr.bsky.social · 24/03/2025💯 The government can and should reintroduce a fairer system for mayor and PCC elections ⚠️ But what would be truly negligent is failing to address First Past the Post for general elections... ...a system Labour policy recognises is "flawed" and driving "distrust and alienation" in politics 0108
Reposted by @ralph9.bsky.socialLabour4PR 🌹🗳️ @labour4pr.bsky.social · 21/03/2025💯 "If you want to make the argument that the system is rigged and there’s an out-of-touch elite that’s basically running a kind of closed shop, well, the electoral system makes that argument easier right now." - @robfordmancs.bsky.social hits the nail on the headpolitico.euHow Nigel Farage could smash open Britain’s electoral systemHe’s an unlikely pin-up for electoral reform campaigners — but a 2029 surge that’s not matched by House of Commons seats could see Farage turn up the heat on a “rigged” system. 12320
Reposted by @ralph9.bsky.socialAPPG for Fair Elections @appgfairelections.bsky.social · 19/03/2025👏 MPs from across Parliament challenged the Government's inaction on First Past the Post yesterday... A voting system Labour Party policy describes as "flawed" and "contributing to the distrust & alienation we see in politics" 🏛 We need a National Commission for Electoral Reform 68256
Reposted by @ralph9.bsky.socialTze Ming Mok 莫志明 @tzemingdynasty.bsky.social · 19/03/2025Amnesty International official Prisoner of Conscience designation when 13112
Reposted by @ralph9.bsky.socialDylan Difford @dylandifford.bsky.social · 17/03/2025Got to hand it to Canada, nobody does electoral turnarounds quite like they do. 1303
Reposted by @ralph9.bsky.socialTravis R. Eby @travis-robert.bsky.social · 17/03/2025Time for the congestion pricing summary again: Traffic inside zone: down Traffic outside zone: down Injuries: down Deaths: down Honking: down Pollution: down Transit use: up Transit speeds: up Foot traffic: up Business receipts: up Restaurant reservations: up Revenue targets: hit 316454
ralph9.bsky.social @ralph9.bsky.social · 17/03/2025that's due to a clear recommendation from the 1986 Royal Commisison that MMP (AMS to people in the UK) was the best alternative and electoral reform campaigners specifically campaigning on MMP 050
ralph9.bsky.social @ralph9.bsky.social · 10/03/2025Seems like NZ’s statutory requirement that the PM/Ministers are MPs is a bit of an outlier 110
Reposted by @ralph9.bsky.socialMake Votes Matter @makevotesmatter.bsky.social · 24/02/202583.5% of Germans participated in yesterday's election. In the UK general election last year, just 60% took part. Studies show that countries with proportional systems have higher turnout. Voters engage more when they have a real choice and know that they can make a difference. 13419
ralph9.bsky.social @ralph9.bsky.social · 24/02/2025The German election results are "provisional". What votes are still to be count and/or is there a recount of the votes? It seems like BSW at 4.97% could potentially get over the 5% threshold completely changing the government formation negotiations but no-one reporting this 000
Reposted by @ralph9.bsky.socialSteve Reeves @stevereeves.bsky.social · 19/02/2025JAG: “All the statements about parking being a nightmare...I understand people have that perception, but the reality is, you can't hold aside all the land in your city for parking and also have an efficient transport network, and take action on climate change, and have affordable housing...” 0141
Reposted by @ralph9.bsky.socialRussell Brown @publicaddress.bsky.social · 19/02/2025Assuming this is an accurate summary of the discussion, the esteemed panelists really did seem to run dry as soon as Julie Anne Genter asked about the actual things that councils do. The "vision" seems remarkably flimsy. www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3605...stuff.co.nzJames Cameron directs a new vision for WellingtonThere was a large turnout for panellists discussing the future of the capital at Vision for Wellington’s first event. 86411
Reposted by @ralph9.bsky.socialMake Votes Matter @makevotesmatter.bsky.social · 19/02/2025Labour won the last election on just a third of the vote. Now Nigel Farage believes he can do the same. Right, left or centre - NO ONE with minority support should have 100% of the power. That's why we demand Proportional Representation. 18644
Reposted by @ralph9.bsky.socialJoel MacManus @joelmacmanus.bsky.social · 17/02/2025The same councillors who decry excessive spending on pet projects just voted to pump millions of dollars into a house for flowers. thespinoff.co.nz/politics/18-...thespinoff.co.nzWindbag: Begonia House and the hypocrisy of ‘nice-to-haves’The same councillors who decry excessive spending on pet projects just voted to pump millions of dollars on a greenhouse for flowers. 15216
Reposted by @ralph9.bsky.socialRebecca Matthews @rebeccamatthews.bsky.social · 14/02/2025I love this one @misswhanau.bsky.social 1397
Reposted by @ralph9.bsky.socialPhilip Matthews @secondzeit.bsky.social · 12/02/2025We can really say it's ... goneburger 1294
