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November 5472: General Election

*Sunrise Network logo appears on the broadcast*

Voice over: “Welcome to the Sunrise Network Election Night Coverage.”

Anthony: Good evening, thank you for joining us for our special election night coverage. My name is Anthony Clarke and I will be your host for this evening. I am joined by my cohosts John Baker, Kalā Kalili, and my lovely wife, Natalie Clarke. Emma Baker is standing by our magic board to help us analyze the data as it comes in and make the calls about which party is likely to form a majority. I am going to hand it over to John so he can go over how we got here.

John: Thank you, Anthony. Unlike last election where we had little idea which party group was going to end up in the majority. We are pretty certain that the coalition coming out of this election will be a left leaning one. The National Party and Act! poll numbers have collapsed. Act! will likely end up being the smallest party whereas the National Party could even finish behind the far right Tropican First Party. The government is as unpopular as ever after another five years of harsh austerity. To the point that Tropican First were looking like they were going to kill the Government but actually forced some anti-austerity measures which helped them gain at the expense of the National Party. But the real story is the Alliance vs Labour race. It is clear that one of them will be the largest party and lead the government. It is just not clear which one.

Natalie: It was because of how close they were that Labour decided to continue their focus on campaigning against the Alliance Party instead of the National Party. Where the Alliance Party has always stated their focus was on ending the right wing austerity government. They rarely took direct attacks on Labour with their closest being comments about that it was time for a new generation of leaders, which given the eldest party leader is Labour’s was seen as a cheeky attack on both the Government and the Labour Party.

Anthony: All five parties stuck with their leaders from the last election. Which honestly is probably the biggest factor in Alliance’s favor, all things considered. Their leader Mālie Keahi remains by far the most popular. She looks poised to be the first native Tropican to be elected Prime Minister in over thirty years. Which is an astounding fact given they are overwhelmingly the majority population in Tropican.

*Skips forward to the end of the night*

Anthony: At the end of this election Alliance is the largest party followed by Labour. The National Party barely retains third over the Tropican First, while Act! holds on to just two seats. Alliance and Labour are expected to quickly reach a coalition agreement as it was rumored that both parties have been planning for either party to end up as the largest one going into it. Combined both parties received 68% of the first preference votes, an astounding landslide that shows just how unpopular the government had gotten. 

Emma: An interesting point I will break down further in an article later this week is where the successes of the Labour and Alliance Parties diverged. Labour did better in the Suburbs and traditional Act! and National Party strongholds. While Alliance swept the cities and more urban leaning suburbs, which are placed that Labour has done traditional very well. If the suburbs ever readjust to the National Party, it is likely that Labour could get close to being wiped out. They need to figure out why their old heartlands have moved away from them. 

Emma: This is how the parliament breakdown will look for the next five years, and we will be sure to keep you up to date on coalition negotiations and how quickly this new Government works to end the near two decades of austerity that was the prime focus of the previous governments.