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Andrew Dickens: Split voting and overhangs won't do us any good
There’s been a concerted campaign by Don Brash and Nick Mowbray to get National voters to split their vote and engineer an overhang.
A move John Key has said would be the opposite of clever.
Over the weekend, Don Brash went to print again to explain why it’s a good idea.
The upshot is that National’s strength in the electorates could mean a loss of list seats, which would affect several senior ministers, including Nicola Willis.
In the piece, he argues that National voters are smart enough to work out split voting for themselves and don’t need John Key telling them how to vote.
The irony is…
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