Reflecting on election results... How I feel is that I'm disturbed that hate still sells!
Maybe with special votes or coalition negotiations things will move in a lefty direction, & maybe we'll at least have a better finance minister than Nicola Willis!
Then again I'm seeing politics elsewhere move in a positive direction, so perhaps that'll bring out votes in the next election.
All that said... I try not to rely on electoral politics to make the change I want, this keeps me calm!
I read that this is the 2nd lowest turnout in NZ history. Voter suppression was part of that, but it does support my theory that with everything going wrong right now in international politics... Voters, particularly young voters, are demotivated.
On that line... Chris Hipkins must go! He's now lost Labour 2 elections! Get someone exciting.