It's election day!!

[GodlessAstronomer]

Well it's been a long-ass campaign but election day has finally arrived!! I gotta go have a shower then I'm off to vote!

John Key for PM

 

[ViviTheMage]

what?

 

[keird]

Super Friday! Don't let anyone disenfranchise you. You have rights!

 

[Martin]

Don't flaunt your superior hybrid FPTP/proportional representation system!

 

[GodlessAstronomer]

Originally posted by: keird
Super Friday! Don't let anyone disenfranchise you. You have rights!

Saturday

 

[techs]

New Zealand even has elections?
Who knew?

 

[TheSlamma]

Social Conservative Party?

 

[keird]

Originally posted by: GodlessAstronomer

Originally posted by: keird
Super Friday! Don't let anyone disenfranchise you. You have rights!

Saturday

You vote on Saturdays?! But, but... how do you get out of work early?

 

[GodlessAstronomer]

Originally posted by: Martin
Don't flaunt your superior hybrid FPTP/proportional representation system!

MMP sucks but it sucks slightly less than the electoral college system, in my opinion. I think a country s small as NZ should have pure FPTP but that's just me.

 

[GodlessAstronomer]

Originally posted by: TheSlamma
Social Conservative Party?

I'm voting National Party. They are the 'conservative' party, but no where near as right-wing as the American Republican party. Their views are more along the lines of your Democratic Party, where the Labour party is more along the lines of Stalin :| :| Labour needs to DIAF TBH.

 

[CptCrunch]

... a few days late?

 

[jpeyton]

But the e-mail I got told me Republicans vote on the 4th, and Democrats vote on the 7th?

 

[sactoking]

Originally posted by: jpeyton
But the e-mail I got told me Republicans vote on the 4th, and Democrats vote on the 7th?

Curses, beat me to it!

 

[GodlessAstronomer]

Originally posted by: jpeyton
But the e-mail I got told me Republicans vote on the 4th, and Democrats vote on the 7th?

Labour voters vote tomorrow

 

[Atheus]

Damn I should have applied to vote - I have dual citizenship. On the other hand NZ politics is quite pointless... what's gonna change?

 

[Random Variable]

I've read that a general hostility towards Jews (not just Israel) has developed in New Zealand in recent years. Is that true?

 

[GodlessAstronomer]

Originally posted by: Random Variable
I've read that a general hostility towards Jews (not just Israel) has developed in New Zealand in recent years. Is that true?

Absolutely not, at least not that I'm even remotely aware of.

 

[SlickSnake]

I vote for devilishly good pizza franchises built next to churches and spread out across the entire RED state Bible belt in the USA.

:evil:HELL PIZZA :evil:

 

[GodlessAstronomer]

Originally posted by: SlickSnake
I vote for devilishly good pizza franchises built next to churches and spread out across the entire RED state Bible belt in the USA.

:evil:HELL PIZZA :evil:

Are they really building Hell Pizza in USA? I fucking love Hell Pizza! And I just love seeing the Christians go all batshit crazy every time they have some mildly offensive promotion.

Edit - not just Christians. Sometimes Jews get offended, too.

 

[GodlessAstronomer]

Originally posted by: Atheus
Damn I should have applied to vote - I have dual citizenship. On the other hand NZ politics is quite pointless... what's gonna change?

Nothing much will change if you don't live in New Zealand, but it's a fairly important election this cycle. Labour party has been in power for nine years and many of us are not happy with the way the government is taking the country. If National wins we can expect to see greater investment in infrastructure and broadband networks, greater private-public partnerships in healthcare, far tougher prison sentences and a stronger stance on law and order.

 

[TehMac]

Originally posted by: GodlessAstronomer

Originally posted by: TheSlamma
Social Conservative Party?

I'm voting National Party. They are the 'conservative' party, but no where near as right-wing as the American Republican party. Their views are more along the lines of your Democratic Party, where the Labour party is more along the lines of Stalin :| :| Labour needs to DIAF TBH.

Interesting, I didn't see you leaning center right, I thought you were a flaming liberal.

 

[Newbian]

Originally posted by: SlickSnake
I vote for devilishly good pizza franchises built next to churches and spread out across the entire RED state Bible belt in the USA.

:evil:https://hellpizza.co.nz/">HELL PIZZA </a> :evil:

You fail at linking.

 

[GodlessAstronomer]

Originally posted by: TehMac

Originally posted by: GodlessAstronomer

Originally posted by: TheSlamma
Social Conservative Party?

I'm voting National Party. They are the 'conservative' party, but no where near as right-wing as the American Republican party. Their views are more along the lines of your Democratic Party, where the Labour party is more along the lines of Stalin :| :| Labour needs to DIAF TBH.

Interesting, I didn't see you leaning center right, I thought you were a flaming liberal.

I'm not sure what would give you that idea I consider myself socially liberal and fiscally conservative, although both of those leaning are only slightly off-center. I don't hold extreme views on either side.

 

[GodlessAstronomer]

Well I'm done voting! Two ticks for National :thumbsup: Polls close in 4 hours, then the drinking games commence :beer:

 

[GodlessAstronomer]

National pulled in ~45% of the vote, Helen Clarke has conceded and a government made up of National, United Future and ACT is looking virtually 100% reality. Helen Clarke stood down as leader of the Labour Party (wow!!!) and National is in talks with the Maori Party in terms of a long term government. Pretty much the best outcome I could have hoped for. w00t!! (political drinking game went well, I'm rather drunk )