Yawn!
So the Leaders Deabte was on last night on TV3. It has no effect on the outcome of the election, only the reporting of the campaign does (some of which includes the televised debates).
Proof of this is in United Future's sucess in 2002. More people voted for United Future than watched the televised 'worm' debate on TV1. It was the reporting afterwards that Peter Dunne had 'won' the debate that launched his sucess.
Political Junkies like me would have watched (except I had a Cancer Socirty charity fundraiser on) but very few people who haven't made up their mind did.
This campaign kicks off for real when Don Brash announces National's Tax Cuts - we'll know who is going to win a week after that.
Proof of this is in United Future's sucess in 2002. More people voted for United Future than watched the televised 'worm' debate on TV1. It was the reporting afterwards that Peter Dunne had 'won' the debate that launched his sucess.
Political Junkies like me would have watched (except I had a Cancer Socirty charity fundraiser on) but very few people who haven't made up their mind did.
This campaign kicks off for real when Don Brash announces National's Tax Cuts - we'll know who is going to win a week after that.
posted by Michael at
8:10 PM
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What really gets to me is that American political stuff gets splashed all over the media in other countries but there is hardly any info on major political going-ons in other countries in the US...ugh...
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