Wellington Central

October 1st, 2008 at 1:42 pm by David Farrar

Two fun opportunities for people interested in the Wellington Central race.

First we have the four main candidates on Backbenches tonight. Stephen Franks, Grant Robertson, Sue Kedgley and Heather Roy. They’;; be talking about the economy, tax cuts and why you should vote for them!

I suspect a big audience tonight so pay to be there early. The show screens at 9.10 pm on TVNZ7.

Also iPredict has launched a set of three Wellington Central stocks.

You can invest in a Grant Robertson victory, a Stephen Franks victory or a “Other” victory in Wellington Central. The share will pay $1 if you win and the initial offer price is 55.5c for Grant, 43.5c for Stephen and 1c for Other.

Advanced investors can also buy a bundle of all three shares for exactly $1. If the combined price of all three is over $1, then you can make money buying the bundle and selling the individual stocks (or just the stock you think is over priced).

Tags: Backbenches, Election 2008, Grant Robertson, Heather Roy, iPredict, Stephen Franks, Sue Kedgley, Wellington Central

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5 Responses to “Wellington Central”

llew (1,532) Says:
October 1st, 2008 at 2:05 pm
When do we get some poll results!
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Mike Collins (170) Says:
October 1st, 2008 at 2:56 pm
It would be great to see some other electorates on iPredict as well. Perhaps in some where there are conceivably three horses running.
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s.russell (1,288) Says:
October 1st, 2008 at 3:48 pm
Dunedin South could be a real three horse race if Benson-Pope stands.

Ohariu Belmont could be as well. 2005 voting data suggests Dunne got a net 5500-odd votes from Labour supporters then, and 8500-odd from National supporters. It is possible that he will lose with both groups. Nats will be unhappy at his support for Clark over the last three years, while Labs will be unhappy that he will so clearly go with Key in 08 if he can. Labour actually came quite close in the party vote here in 05 (1200 votes short on National with almost 40% of the vote). It could (maybe) turn into a real three-way race.

Wigram might conceivably be a three horse race too. If national polls are accurate (I don’t think they are in this respect) then 11 out of every 12 people who voted Progressive no longer think Anderton is worth voting for. That could have a sufficient effect locally to make it a three way, with Labour and Anderton splitting the left vote.
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Tauhei Notts (1,252) Says:
October 1st, 2008 at 8:16 pm
May I make a plea to Wellington Central voters.
New Zealand needs an M.P. like Stephen Franks.
Your list vote is your choice.
Please vote for Stephen Franks as your constituency M.P.
Parliament will be a better place with Franks there.
Our country needs his huge intelligence.
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Vinick (207) Says:
October 2nd, 2008 at 10:07 pm
Try as I might I just can’t bring myself to vote for Stephen.

My vote will be going to Heather Roy. A hard worker in Parliament, and a decent liberal-minded politician.
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