I think negativity and sarcasm works for conservatives but the left vote isnt motivated by that. Ugly politics is ACT and NZ First territory.

Ardern and Mamdani and the Greens in the UK show that LW voters want progressive and positive politics. Snarky politics like HRC leads to collapse of the LW vote

Ā lot of people think given how awful the CoC has been, the LW should be much higher in the polls. Even national have been doing the numbers to roll Luxon. But they still lead. I would argue that Hipkins has done an awful job to be trailing National and unable to form a government

OK. I can see we're going nowhere. We'll have to agree to disagree

I don't have a problem with parties blowing their own horn. I do have a problem with parties that are going to need each other throwing muck at each other. There's a difference there which I think you could acknowledge.

The LW block went down on that poll

The whole article.

Sure. By dumping on other LW parties and creating a sense of a shambles on the left. I understand what he is doing, I just think it turns voters off.
Negativity and fear don't work for the LW like it does for conservatives

"infighting on the left" clearly refers to a different concept here

You can blame TPM for their own woes, but Hipkins shutting on the Greens IS actually his own fault

The Dems are somewhat responsible for voters being desperate enough to vote for a populist, so...

Bad take. Infighting on the left is bad for us all

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