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They don’t, necessarily. Politics in my country (New Zealand) reflect a general sameness of views among voters. Our two main political parties are different but not fundamentally so. They don’t oppose eachother on every policy. Neither is socially conservative, though individual members of each party are. National believes more in people getting ahead by the government creating good conditions for business to thrive and creat jobs for people. Labour believes in doing that but is more willing to intervene and provide welfare to poorer people. They are not polar opposites of eachother though, in the way I think Republicans and Democrats are. Voters also have many other parties to choose from and there are Green (left of Labour, environmentalist) and New Zealand First (somewhat nationalist, interventionist, hard to classify) politicians in the current government. The Greens and NZ First both have policies in common with Labour, more than with each other. There’s also the ACT party (right of National, tough in crime, libertarian) in Parliament, though it has a small support base. The Maori Party represented a division between some Maori and the party they trade only supported (Labour) but they appear to have deserted it and returned to Labour. The now-defunct United Future Party started as a party for disaffected members of other parties, changed into a conglomeration of hunting/fishing/conservative Christian/and moderate parties and then became a single-member party that generally supported the government.
In New Zealand, it’s true that National gets more support from wealthier voters, farmers, business owners and Labour gets more teachers, nurses, manual workers, Maori and left-leaning people. The Greens get most of the environmental vote and lots of student and social activist support. But Labour and even National get a share of those votes. NZ First gets elderly voters, some nationalists, some Maori, some business owners and people unhappy with the party they usually support. But the divisions are not deep. People change allegiance quite readily and will often change through different stages of their life.
They don’t, necessarily. Politics in my country (New Zealand) reflect a general sameness of views among voters. Our two main political parties are different but not fundamentally so. They don’t oppose eachother on every policy. Neither is socially conservative, though individual members of each party are. National believes more in people getting ahead by the government creating good conditions for business to thrive and creat jobs for people. Labour believes in doing that but is more willing to intervene and provide welfare to poorer people. They are not polar opposites of eachother though, in the way I think Republicans and Democrats are. Voters also have many other parties to choose from and there are Green (left of Labour, environmentalist) and New Zealand First (somewhat nationalist, interventionist, hard to classify) politicians in the current government. The Greens and NZ First both have policies in common with Labour, more than with each other. There’s also the ACT party (right of National, tough in crime, libertarian) in Parliament, though it has a small support base. The Maori Party represented a division between some Maori and the party they trade only supported (Labour) but they appear to have deserted it and returned to Labour. The now-defunct United Future Party started as a party for disaffected members of other parties, changed into a conglomeration of hunting/fishing/conservative Christian/and moderate parties and then became a single-member party that generally supported the government.
In New Zealand, it’s true that National gets more support from wealthier voters, farmers, business owners and Labour gets more teachers, nurses, manual workers, Maori and left-leaning people. The Greens get most of the environmental vote and lots of student and social activist support. But Labour and even National get a share of those votes. NZ First gets elderly voters, some nationalists, some Maori, some business owners and people unhappy with the party they usually support. But the divisions are not deep. People change allegiance quite readily and will often change through different stages of their life.
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