The party's plan also includes investment in Māori Legal Aid, reinstating the right for all prisoners to vote, and decriminalisation of drug use and possession.
TPM isn’t trying to get votes from the general population. They are trying to get votes from Māori.
Over 50% of the prison population are Māori. There’s a high chance that Māori voters know someone that has been to prison, and there’s a good chance that many believe they never should have been there.
I think TPM have been around long enough to do some opinion polling and testing of waters before announcing a policy like this. There’s a good chance it’s a popular policy with the voters they are targeting.
Personally I’d like to see three or four parties on either side of the spectrum get enough votes to hold seats. so that parties have options to form a government. The idea that if you don’t want Labour then you have to vote National/Act is damaging I think, and is pushing many people to vote against their own beliefs.
Labour needs to nut up and rule out working with them, in my view, or else they will drag the whole left down with them. I don’t think it will happen with Chippy in charge though.
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TPM isn’t trying to get votes from the general population. They are trying to get votes from Māori.
Over 50% of the prison population are Māori. There’s a high chance that Māori voters know someone that has been to prison, and there’s a good chance that many believe they never should have been there.
I think TPM have been around long enough to do some opinion polling and testing of waters before announcing a policy like this. There’s a good chance it’s a popular policy with the voters they are targeting.
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Personally I’d like to see three or four parties on either side of the spectrum get enough votes to hold seats. so that parties have options to form a government. The idea that if you don’t want Labour then you have to vote National/Act is damaging I think, and is pushing many people to vote against their own beliefs.
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Oh, it most definitely is.
Labour needs to nut up and rule out working with them, in my view, or else they will drag the whole left down with them. I don’t think it will happen with Chippy in charge though.