June 12, 2014 3:00pm by David Farrar

Seven election factors

John Armstrong at the Herald lists the seven factors he thinks will matter in the election:

  1. John Key’s personal popularity.
  2. The ‘no-change’ election.
  3. The alternative.
  4. The myth of the ‘missing million’ voters.
  5. The economy, of course.
  6. The Big Dot-commotion.
  7. Winston Last. But not least.

I’d put No 5 as very important.

He rates the parties also in terms of campaign readiness:

  • National 8/10
  • Labour 6/10
  • Greens 9/10
  • Maori Party 3/10
  • ACT 6/10
  • Mana/Dotcom 5/10