Post by Kiwi Frontline on Jan 15, 2024 6:16:07 GMT 12
Don Brash: WHY THE MAORI ELECTORATE MUST GO.
One of the strange omissions from the coalition agreements which marked the establishment of the new Government was any reference to the Maori electorates.
Perhaps in one sense the omission was not strange: there had been little or no discussion about those electorates during the election campaign, either by those parties which might have supported their abolition or by parties which presumably support their retention……
…...To the best of my knowledge the National Party has made no mention of the issue since that time. And nor has any other political party…..
…...I’ve sometimes been told that the National Party has decided that Maori electorates work to the party’s advantage. Were the Maori electorates to be abolished, and all those now registered on the Maori roll moved to the general roll, Maori voters who on average tend to vote Labour rather than National would be added to the general electorates and cost some National MPs their seats. But of course in an MMP environment this makes no sense: yes, some individual National MPs voted in in general electorates might lose their positions as more Labour-leaning voters are added to their electorates, but the overall number of National MPs in Parliament would not be affected at all. The number of National MPs in Parliament is determined by National’s share of the party vote, not by how many electorates National wins…….
breakingviewsnz.blogspot.com/2024/01/don-brash-why-maori-electorate-must-go.html
One of the strange omissions from the coalition agreements which marked the establishment of the new Government was any reference to the Maori electorates.
Perhaps in one sense the omission was not strange: there had been little or no discussion about those electorates during the election campaign, either by those parties which might have supported their abolition or by parties which presumably support their retention……
…...To the best of my knowledge the National Party has made no mention of the issue since that time. And nor has any other political party…..
…...I’ve sometimes been told that the National Party has decided that Maori electorates work to the party’s advantage. Were the Maori electorates to be abolished, and all those now registered on the Maori roll moved to the general roll, Maori voters who on average tend to vote Labour rather than National would be added to the general electorates and cost some National MPs their seats. But of course in an MMP environment this makes no sense: yes, some individual National MPs voted in in general electorates might lose their positions as more Labour-leaning voters are added to their electorates, but the overall number of National MPs in Parliament would not be affected at all. The number of National MPs in Parliament is determined by National’s share of the party vote, not by how many electorates National wins…….
breakingviewsnz.blogspot.com/2024/01/don-brash-why-maori-electorate-must-go.html