Green candidates getting Green votes
January 30th, 2012 at 10:00 am by David FarrarThe table below lists in order what percentage of people who gave the Greens their party vote, also gave their electorate vote to the Green candidate.
This isn’t split voting, but it is still interesting to look at. Generally a Green candidate has no chance of winning the seat, so a high level of votes for a Green candidate from their own supporters tends to indicate their high personal standing with their own supporters. It also tends to happen more in seats where they are not marginal.
| % of Gre PV voting Gre EV | |
| Coromandel | 71.8% |
| Ilam | 57.5% |
| Northland | 55.7% |
| Taranaki-King Country | 55.1% |
| Hunua | 53.6% |
| Clutha Southland | 52.1% |
| Selwyn | 52.0% |
| Kaikoura | 51.7% |
| Waitaki | 50.3% |
| East Coast Bays | 49.6% |
| Helensville | 48.1% |
| Rongotai | 48.0% |
| Whangarei | 47.3% |
| Tamaki | 46.9% |
| Dunedin North | 46.7% |
| Rodney | 45.7% |
| Waikato | 45.4% |
| Invercargill | 43.6% |
| Taupo | 42.2% |
| Wairarapa | 42.1% |
| Papakura | 41.9% |
| Tauranga | 41.8% |
| Hutt South | 41.7% |
| Mangere | 40.2% |
| North Shore | 39.3% |
| East Coast | 39.0% |
| Tukituki | 38.4% |
| Dunedin South | 36.7% |
| Rangitikei | 36.4% |
| Nelson | 35.2% |
| Wigram | 31.4% |
| Rangitata | 31.3% |
| Te Atatu | 31.0% |
| Mana | 30.9% |
| New Lynn | 30.5% |
| Maungakiekie | 30.1% |
| Northcote | 29.9% |
| Waitakere | 29.6% |
| Mt Roskill | 29.5% |
| Wellington Central | 28.9% |
| Port Hills | 28.9% |
| Christchurch Central | 28.5% |
| Otaki | 28.4% |
| Whanganui | 27.5% |
| West Coast Tasman | 26.8% |
| Rimutaka | 26.1% |
| Mt Albert | 26.0% |
| Epsom | 24.7% |
| Hamilton East | 23.9% |
| Napier | 23.6% |
| Waimakariri | 22.8% |
| Christchurch East | 22.4% |
| Auckland Central | 21.6% |
| Ohariu | 21.2% |
| New Plymouth | 21.2% |
| Palmerston North | 20.8% |
Catherine Delahunty in Coromandel got a very high 72% of Green voters also giving her their electorate vote. Next was Kennedy Graham in Ilam with 58%. Pauline Evans in Northland also did well with 56%.
The six seats where the Green candidate got under 23% of Green party voters voting for them were Palm North, New Plymouth, Ohariu, Auckland Central, Chch East and Waimakariri – all bar one reasonably marginal seats.
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January 30th, 2012 at 10:54 am
These statistics have been fascinating. Especially for Palmerston North, where the numbers about Green voters have been at the extremes. Thanks for providing them, David.
I can tell you why Green voters didn’t give their electorate vote to the Green candidate here though – she was a snide and smarmy academic. I’d say Green did well in the party vote here despite her, not thanks to her efforts in campaigning. It certainly made Green Party voters’ decision to vote for Iain Lees-Galloway rather easy, in my opinion.
Vote:January 30th, 2012 at 11:04 am
So you’re telling us, essentially, that Catherine Delahunty is very very popular with Green voters. Amazing, given that during the campaign she was seen as their biggest liability and effectively exiled from it.
Vote:January 30th, 2012 at 1:52 pm
I suspect that in the Coromandel electorate the Green supporters had been indulging a little too freely in the areas best known crop before they voted.
Vote:In Ohariu on the other hand they were probably not stoned and had seen what a little nitwit the Green candidate was.
January 30th, 2012 at 4:19 pm
Wow, I hadnt seen that analysis before, rather stoked to have 6th place! Especially as an alternative looking character in a hugely conservative National voting electorate.
Vote:February 4th, 2012 at 1:11 am
It would be helpful if you added Māori electorates into these analyses David. It’s interesting that you haven’t.
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