{"id":40809,"date":"2011-10-22T17:32:00","date_gmt":"2011-10-22T17:32:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/new-zealand-elections-the-final-act\/"},"modified":"2011-10-22T17:32:00","modified_gmt":"2011-10-22T17:32:00","slug":"new-zealand-elections-the-final-act","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/libertarian\/new-zealand-elections-the-final-act.php","title":{"rendered":"New Zealand elections: The final ACT?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-i-oJNYe72Ic\/TqNkOUa17SI\/AAAAAAAAWdo\/KKvVvQh6Z3I\/s1600\/NewZealandACT.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"padding-left:10px; padding-right: 10px;\" src=\"http:\/\/euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-o-matic\/cache\/8416a_NewZealandACT.png\" border=\"0\"><\/a>by Clifford F. Thies<\/p><p>Suddenly the election in New Zealand is tightening. This tightening, combined with the prospect of NZ First hitting the 5 percent threshold and returning to parliament, has put National into something of a predicament.<\/p><p>Given current projections, National continues to expect an absolute majority of the seats in parliament, albeit a lesser majority than a month ago.<\/p><p>But, National's erstwhile coalition partner ACT, a market-liberal party, does not look as though it will gain representation in parliament either by reason of hitting the 5 percent threshold or finishing first in at least one constituency, without some help.<\/p><p>Crucially, according to one just conducted poll, ACT's candidate for the seat representing Epsom currently trails the National candidate. But, that same poll reveals there would be a dramatic shift if Prime Minister John Key were to asked National supporters to vote for the ACT candidate. In such a case, the ACT candidate would be assured of victory, which would secure at least 3 additional seats for the center-right.<\/p><p>Asked if he would give ACT this lifeline, Prime Minister Key said \"not today\".<\/p><div><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" src=\"http:\/\/euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-o-matic\/cache\/8416a_7828681836623105417-915801815736321271?l=www.libertarianrepublican.net\" alt=\"\" style=\"padding-left:10px; padding-right: 10px;\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by Clifford F. ThiesSuddenly the election in New Zealand is tightening. This tightening, combined with the prospect of NZ First hitting the 5 percent threshold and returning to parliament, has put National into something of a predicament.Given current projections, National &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/libertarian\/new-zealand-elections-the-final-act.php\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"limit_modified_date":"","last_modified_date":"","_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-40809","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-libertarian"],"modified_by":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40809"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40809"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40809\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40809"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40809"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40809"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}