As we get closer to the general election #votenz all of a sudden you see a whole lot of anti-National stuff in all forms of social media which will quickly abate after the election. I'm talking about Facebook, Twitter, blogs, and comments sections on Herald and Stuff. It's apparent to me because I follow politics all year round.
No doubt Labour activities, unionists, & paid lap-bloggers are working over time trying to foster the perception that Labour is on a come back. That Phil Goff is winning the debates.
Two prominent examples is John Pagani stating Goff "absolutely smashed" Key in The Press debate. And today 'Eddie' at The Standard stated the "Polls are good for Left".
But a cursory look at the polls show there hasn't been much movement at all!
There's something deeply dishonest about flooding social media with essentially lies.
While I find such distortions a bit of a morale sapper it is worth remembering that 'the right' tend to be the silent majority.
Take for example the 2005 election. Dr Brash achieved 39.1% (2% shy of Labour) of the vote in the face of unprecedented vitriol. And in 2008 John Key had to deal with leftie protests on the campaign trail just because he was ahead in the polls.
So - Keep calm, carry on, trust the voters.
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