Do you mean, DR, that the election message hasn’t stressed enough the libertarian side of the Green message?

Empowering individuals, in contrast to the “mainstream”, patriarchal, implicitly god-fearing and authoritarian National message. Yes, that would have been an excellent message to push, because it also contrast with Labour’s implicit big-brotherism.

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As past election results show, poll trends don’t always play out on the day.

Small groups of strategic votes in key electorates [remember them?] can still have a major impact. More so, if a party can identify the swinging voters as a broad group with common characteristics and target them with simple messages.

National has been doing this well, targeting babyboomers and those without children but who would also like a tax break. Labour offers nothing for this group except more high taxes, more arrogance, more ignorance.

Yet, this group will also respond very favorably to the Greens message. So, why have the Greens ignored this vital group of voters? Greens will get 7.1% tomorrow [helped immensely by specials again] when we could have achieved 10% by being more inclusive of the babyboomers and their specific concerns.

We don’t stop supporting Greens when we reach 45.

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