Post Ayyy6PBWrWpgaLABcW by billbennett@mastodon.nz
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 (DIR) Post #Ayyy6NODXNnH175I7U by stephen@microbe.vital.org.nz
       2025-10-08T00:00:40.775793Z
       
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       I'd say this is pretty unusual for a first term government?Also horrified that 1 in 10 people would vote NZF. BIG YIKES.https://www.thepost.co.nz/politics/360847717/new-poll-has-national-below-30-left-bloc-power
       
 (DIR) Post #Ayyy6PBWrWpgaLABcW by billbennett@mastodon.nz
       2025-10-08T00:13:54Z
       
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       @stephen Without seeing a detailed analysis, it looks like most of the NZF voters are switching from National. But the numbers suggest some are moving from Labour... which on one level feels odd, but probably seems rational to the people concerned. After all Shane Jones and Stuart Nash went Labout to NZF.
       
 (DIR) Post #Ayyy6QHwl9Yo0XApGK by stephen@microbe.vital.org.nz
       2025-10-08T00:19:00.726624Z
       
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       @billbennett I'd see Jones' vigorous defense of extractive industries in the name of jobs sitting well with certain elements of Labour culture.
       
 (DIR) Post #Ayyy6QzCAM9gAfPMfo by lightweight@mastodon.nzoss.nz
       2025-10-08T00:24:41Z
       
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       @stephen @billbennett ugh. Those poor lost extractive-positive souls.