Understanding STV
Graeme Edgeler at Public Address has an excellent Q&A on STV. One or two blogs that purport to be specialist local body blogs have shown a dismal lack of knowledge on how STV works. They should...
View ArticleWhy Kerry lost
The impending loss of Kerry Prendergast has some saying that it was due to a bad campaign. But in fact my analysis suggests it was more tactical voting on the left. Kerry in fact got a significantly...
View ArticleThe Porirua Mayoralty
Porirua also elects their Mayor with STV, so I figured I would also look at how their election went. There were five main candidates (and four others) – Cr Nick forLeggett, Deputy Mayor Litea Ah Hoa,...
View ArticleElectoral Referendum Bill Report
The Electoral Referendum Bill has also been reported back. Major aspects are: Comes into force 1 Jan 2011 aligns advertising rules with Electoral Act, including $300,000 spending limit MMP to only be...
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Map/design skills
In the not too distant future I hope to blog about STV and show off how it may have worked in 2008. Part of this involves dividing NZ into 25 “multi-member” electorates by combining existing...
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How STV may have worked in 2008
STV is very different to all the other electoral systems in the referendum. All the others have one MP per electorate, and some have List MPs on top of that. STV has multiple MPs per electorate, and no...
View ArticleResults from an informal electoral system survey
On Twitter and Facebook I did an informal survey asking people how they will vote in Part B of the Referendum. I did not ask about Part A. The results were: Twitter Facebook Total Twitter % Facebook %...
View ArticleWill Winston decide again?
My Herald column looks at what happens if Winston decides again. This means that Winston Peters will decide who gets to be Prime Minister of New Zealand for the third time out of six MMP elections. In...
View ArticleI am voting for STV
I will be voting to change New Zealand’s electoral system from MMP to STV. Having spent many months considering the pros and cons of the five systems, I believe STV is the best system for New Zealand....
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The Wellington election results
This is how the vote went for the WCC Mayoral election, on the provisional results. Celia Wade-Brown won 38% of the first preferences to 34% for John Morrison Jack Yan picked up the biggest slice of...
View ArticleSTV decreases turnout
An academic paper by Jason McDaniel finds: In this paper, I employ a differences-in-differences design to analyze turnout in elections in over 200 cities, ranging from the early 1990s to 2018. The...
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