The Greens have an ambitious plan and both an articulate co-leader/economic spokesperson and a passionate co-leader/poverty spokesperson. In Davids P, C, and C2, Labour has a strong economic team. Labour’s record is rising wages, unemployment under 4%, and government surpluses. And it’s something that the Left can tell a very strong story about. National is very, very vulnerable if their complete failure on the economy and jobs, in particular, is targeted because their reputation on the economy is all they have – it’s the only issue that people care about that they previously thought National was any good on, and everyone is starting to see that they’re failures. New Zealand has the second largest current account deficit in the developed world, and that ever-growing pile of debt is funded by selling our assets and taking on even more debt. New Zealand is losing jobs and has rising unemployment while countries like the US and Australia are experiencing falling unemployment.
That’s a little counter-intuitive considering the economy is growing (even if it isn’t creating jobs) but what it tells us is that one year ago, two years ago, the public was buying the Nats’ line that they are doing the best that they can on the economy and that the brighter future is still on its way but, now, the public is sick of waiting and seeing National’s economic failure for what it is.Īnd they have failed. Combined, the economic categories are 57% of people’s top issue, up from 49% a year ago, and 43% the year before that. Inequality and poverty are the biggest concern for 1 in 8, up from 4% a year ago.
The Financial Crisis is second but slipping. Jobs is the largest: 1 in 5 consider it the most important issue (we can safely assume it’s in the top 3 for most other people) and that’s doubled in a year. The latest Roy Morgan also includes a poll of what people think is the single most important issue facing New Zealand.It makes informative reading.
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