Patine
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The current NZ Labour party. They wanted to build a heap of houses and looked at putting tax up.
They got less votes than National which didn't even admit there was a housing crisis.
The didn't have the votes to put up tax, and the housing initiative was a failure.
So they're going into 2020 election not achieving much but things didn't get much worse relative to National winning.
I don't think it will cost them as people understand the reality of the situation and the right have their own problems (resignations, unpopular leaders, post power comedown, declining poll ratings, internal discontent, lack of coalition partners).
If the Dems win 2020 it's only the start. Apart from a lack of weekly outrage at Trump being stupid your day to day life won't change to much. It will take 20 odd years to change much assuming you can push your policies.
But, from what I've read about New Zealand politics, the NZ Labour is one of the "same old parties," in terms of the New Zealand political scheme. Thus, I still fail to understand how "the current government," failed to stop the "same old parties," without being among them.
So how do we change that?
Vote ALL the corrupt, long-incumbent parties out of power in one election. Like the "Clean Hands" legislative event in Italy in the '90's.