The Politics Quiz!
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@rotated said in The Politics Quiz!:
@canefan said in The Politics Quiz!:
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@nzzp said in The Politics Quiz!:
Puts us into perspective though, right wingers in NZ are centrist or left wing overseas
In the early 80's Jeanne Kirkpatrick, Reagan's UN Ambassador and an ardent neocon, said that both Labour and National (Muldoon's National) were far to the left of the Democrats.
Right now ACT would still be to the left of the Dems
On what issues though? There is no way all the major parties in NZ are to the left of the Dems on cultural issues. The most progressive states in the US beat NZ handily on gay marriage reform, weed legalization and generally have laxer abortion laws (24 weeks+)
Death penalty would be a big one - I don't think any major NZ parties have seriously suggested its reintroduction since Bolger mused on the idea of a referendum in 1992, but there are still plenty of Democrats (particularly in Southern states) who think it should remain legal for treason and the worst murders. That said, we beat most states in that race, but not all.
Legality of prostitution is another - only Nevada has legalised it in the USA.
It's also hard to compare easily as at least some of those examples were legalised in the USA by the courts (for some things at a state level by the state supreme court, for other issues nationwide by SCOTUS), not the legislatures as happened here e.g. abortion and same sex marriage. Also, we legalised civil unions in the same year as the first state legalised same sex marriage, which was Massachusetts by order of the Massachusetts Supreme Court in 2004 (according to the unimpeachable oracle of all things internet, Wikipedia).
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@Godder said in The Politics Quiz!:
@canefan said in The Politics Quiz!:
@Godder
Closest to Labour? WTF?They are pretty centrist in terms of voters (in that their policies tend to score higher than the politicians themselves before Jacinda).
Fair. The divide between Labour and National is minimal these days
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@canefan said in The Politics Quiz!:
@Godder said in The Politics Quiz!:
@canefan said in The Politics Quiz!:
@Godder
Closest to Labour? WTF?They are pretty centrist in terms of voters (in that their policies tend to score higher than the politicians themselves before Jacinda).
Fair. The divide between Labour and National is minimal these days
Especially macroeconomically - they've got some differences of opinion legislatively, but even there, the impact on the average voter tends to be occasional rather than ongoing.
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@Godder said in The Politics Quiz!:
@canefan said in The Politics Quiz!:
@Godder said in The Politics Quiz!:
@canefan said in The Politics Quiz!:
@Godder
Closest to Labour? WTF?They are pretty centrist in terms of voters (in that their policies tend to score higher than the politicians themselves before Jacinda).
Fair. The divide between Labour and National is minimal these days
Especially macroeconomically - they've got some differences of opinion legislatively, but even there, the impact on the average voter tends to be occasional rather than ongoing.
How much Labour depend on the Greens is probably more of an issue for me. The greater the influence the more chance things tilt further left