# 2014 New Zealand General Election

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**Category:** Politics & Elections\
**Created:** [August 18, 2014, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2014-new-zealand-general-election/695795 "2014-08-18T00:51:07Z")\
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**Author:** ![Cunctator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/43a26b/32.png) [@Cunctator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cunctator)\
**Post date:** [September 20, 2014, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2014-new-zealand-general-election/695795/37 "2014-09-20T23:16:19Z")

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> [@lisiate](#):
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> There’s no doubt about it. The people love John Key. Three more years of asset sales and services cuts ahead.

And competent leadership. It will always win out over policy issues/positions. Key projects authority and competence in spades. Cunliffe and the Labour Party didn’t.

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