I’ve spent a few weekends over the last month or so driving around the southern North Island, taking in both Kapiti and Wairarapa sides of the Tararua ranges, and have been doing a bit of a billboard count as I went. Should point out that the following takes in major and minor state highways and [...]
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Billboards
Posted in 2011 NZ General Election, Opinion, tagged Billboards, Green, Labour, National on November 25, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Labour Party List
Posted in Opinion, Party Lists, tagged Candidate Election Probabilities, Effective Party Lists, Labour Party, Poor planning on April 10, 2011 | 2 Comments »
Missed the boat. Appears that while I was drafting the last post on party lists the Labour Party announced their party list for the 2011 Election. It’s too early to figure out who the winners and losers are (except Ashraf Choudhary, who is a loser); I can’t run any simulations yet as I need a [...]
Party Lists, continued
Posted in Opinion, Party Lists, tagged Candidate Election Probabilities, Effective Party Lists, Poor planning on April 10, 2011 | 1 Comment »
In a post a few days ago on effective party lists I took a few swipes at those drawing up the party lists, but didn’t really offer any constructive criticism. I thought I should probably try to remedy that, so I’ve drawn up a few tips on party list ordering for those drawing them up. [...]
