Vote Changes 1972 – 2011
I’m going to do a series of graphs looking at elections over time. This one I find quite good as it shows simply the change for National, Labour and the minor parties combined.
As one can see National has had quite an extraordinary run for the last three elections, growing their vote three times in a row. Something not really done before.
Labour’s drop in 2011 was in fact slightly smaller than their 2008 drop. Together though they are slightly larger than the combined National losses in 1999 and 2002.
I won’t dwell much on the third parties, as a seperate graph on them is coming. However you see how much 2005 was very bad for them.
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February 1st, 2012 at 7:25 am
DPF interesting point but National had dropped for the 1993 and 1996 elections according to your chart so a slowdown in the rot was to be expected. Interesting point in your chart is Labour tends to improve after a couple of negative elections where as when National voters have turned on their party they have punished them for longer (see 78-84 and 93-02)