If we had preferential voting, here is how I would rank the parties

  1. National – no surprise there.
  2. – again little surprise. They have some great policies and has been an excellent MP.
  3. . Wait, don't you disagree with a lot of their policies? Yes I do, but there are some I agree with. More importantly I like their focus on policies over personality. And if they were in Parliament I think they would be a constructive party working with the Government of the Day to get better policy outcomes.
  4. Party. Again there is a lot I disagree with, but they have a good track record of working constructively in Government and Parliament. And it is not a bad thing to have a party there dedicated to advocating for Maori New Zealanders, while they have such under performance in education and health etc.
  5. . Last election I would have rated them below the Greens. They have their best since David Shearer and they're no longer campaigning to increase income tax rates. Also their pledge to keep spending to under 30% of was good.
  6. Greens. They almost beat Winston for bottom spot but he has that permanently reserved. If they were a true environmental party they'd be No 3, but they became the party of welfare fraud and still to this day won't unequivocally say it is wrong.
  7. Winston of course.

How would you rank the seven parties?

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