From the Herald this morning: minor parties disrupt two-horse race:
The election picture is becoming complicated, with a Herald-DigiPoll survey showing the gap between National and Labour narrowing - and the Greens and the Maori Party wielding influence over who will form the next government.How dare they!
But of course this is how the system is supposed to work - parties wield influence over government formation in proportion to their share of the vote, and the result may more depend on post-election coalition negotiations and a party's ability to make friends more than its direct share of the vote. It hasn't been a "two-horse race" for twelve years; you'd think the news would have sunk in at our self-proclaimed newspaper of record by now.
