Auckland Mayoralty Update: Some good news but then bad news about early voting
The latest numbers from the early voting for the Auckland Mayoralty and Council are in and the good news is that the numbers did jump by their highest margin since voting opened, the bad news is that it’s been so lacklustre we are still staring down the barrel of the lowest voter turn out in a decade.
Here’s what Auckland Mayoralty returns look like compared with last 3 elections:
2010 – 18%
2013 – 10.8%
2016 – 13.17%
2019 – 9.8%
If todays sudden climb is indicative of an Auckland waking up we may beat 2013s lowest turn out, but if it’s just a blip, we could be grazing a mere 30% turn out.
Pretend Tauranga council election billboard goes viral as Kiwis praise ‘honest campaign’
“A joke billboard featuring a pretend council election candidate has gone viral thanks to the catchphrase “I’ll do my best but I can’t promise anything” – and a photo of a bloke asleep on a couch.
Mark Sheaff has gate-crashed the Tauranga local elections, earning praise for a humorous take on candidate billboards.”
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=12272523
It shows, the voters dont want to vote for either of the 2 frontrunners. And the major tv and radio press have excluded the rest from any possibility of the public seeing them or their policies.
“Oh, sweet baby cheeses. If I read ONE MORE candidate’s profile advocating growth as a panacea………….”
🙂
They’re probably ‘passionate’ about it too! (As in they have ” intense feelings of sexual love” about it.)
It helps to have a good bullshit detector when voting in local body elections. Just start with the biggest bullshit artist and work your way backwards. And don’t feel any pity for them – they’ll soon find alternative employment as a used car salesman