{"id":59063,"date":"2023-10-09T08:50:51","date_gmt":"2023-10-08T23:50:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2023\/oct\/09\/when-people-feel-hopeless-about-politics-vote-tripling-can-inspire-them-could-it-work-for-new-zealand"},"modified":"2023-10-09T08:50:51","modified_gmt":"2023-10-08T23:50:51","slug":"when-people-feel-hopeless-about-politics-vote-tripling-can-inspire-them-could-it-work-for-new-zealand-max-harris","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/?p=59063","title":{"rendered":"When people feel hopeless about politics, \u2018vote-tripling\u2019 can inspire them. Could it work for New Zealand? | Max Harris"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s enough for individuals to make a difference but not so ambitious that it puts them off. It achieved results in the US and Brazil, so how about here?<\/p>\n<p>New Zealand comedian Chris Parker recently <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/Cx_tHrOyukg\/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&amp;amp%3Bigshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA%3D%3D\">released a clip<\/a> on \u201cPeople of the NZ Election\u201d, showcasing the familiar cast of characters who crop up every time voting comes around.<\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s \u201cThe Frustrating Defeatist\u201d, who thinks voting won\u2019t make a difference. There\u2019s the \u201cThe Amateur Journalist\u201d, stroking his chin, commenting on the latest polling results. Then there\u2019s \u201cThe One Who Treats Voting Day Like their Birthday\u201d, geekily bursting with enthusiasm: \u201cLet\u2019s get out there and exercise our democratic right!\u201d And \u201cThe Hopeful Optimist\u201d: \u201cWe could rally together \u2026 hit the streets! We could really turn things around in our direction! Let\u2019s get our phones, let\u2019s start calling people \u2013 set up a flashmob!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Max Harris is a lawyer, campaigner, and writer<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2023\/oct\/09\/when-people-feel-hopeless-about-politics-vote-tripling-can-inspire-them-could-it-work-for-new-zealand\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s enough for individuals to make a difference but not so ambitious that it puts them off. It achieved results in the US and Brazil, so how about here?New Zealand comedian Chris Parker recently released a clip on \u201cPeople of the NZ Election\u201d, showcasi&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1556,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"sns_share_botton_hide":"","vkExUnit_sns_title":"","_vk_print_noindex":"","sitemap_hide":"","_veu_custom_css":"","veu_display_promotion_alert":"","vkexunit_cta_each_option":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[41,56,2941,933],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-59063","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-asia-pacific","category-new-zealand","category-new-zealand-election-2023","category-new-zealand-politics"],"veu_head_title_object":{"title":"","add_site_title":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59063","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1556"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=59063"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59063\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":59064,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59063\/revisions\/59064"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=59063"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=59063"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=59063"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}