Talk:Christian politics in New Zealand

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[edit] Evangelical Christian politics in New Zealand?

Shouldn't this be renamed 'evangelical' Christian politics in New Zealand? It omits discussion of mainline Protestant and Catholic involvement in New Zealand politics.

[[User: Calibanu] 10.55, 08 May 2006

I agree. There is also no mention of the involvement of mainstream churches in the Maori rights movement. That is a major omission. The Angel of Islington 06:57, 6 March 2007 (UTC)
More information on those things would be great, I agree. When I created the article, I focused on things like the Christian Coalition because that's what I knew about, not because I though it was the only thing relevant. That said, I suspect that the article will always contain more about evangelical activities than mainstream Protestant or Catholic activities, simply because the evangelical elements have typically been more explicit about linking religion to politics. (For example, the section on political parties doesn't mention any explicitly Anglican, Catholic, or Presbyterian parties for the simple reason that so far as I know, there haven't been any. People of those denominations have been more likely than the evangelicals to see themselves as "a politician who is Christian" rather than "a Christian Politician".) But anyway - the more the article covers, the better, definitely. -- Vardion 08:27, 6 March 2007 (UTC)


[edit] Exclusive Brethren

May I suggest that the Exclusive Brethren be added to this article given their involvement in the NZ 2005 general Election.Mombas 08:20, 1 July 2007 (UTC)

I've added as a see also section. It's always good to add a link to something that should be mentioned in the article to see also (or create one, as I did here). The section on New Zealand should provide a good foundation for writing about them here. Richard001 10:39, 17 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Religious support for National and Labour

The Article states christians are more likely to support National yet the figures I have seen have Labour attaining 31.5% of the "regular churchgoer" vote in 1999 compared to National's 20.2%, while in 2002 Labour captured 30.6% comppared with National's 14.4%. It appears that the claim National is the favoured choice for Christians is a stretch unless Prostitution reform in 2003 and the Civil Union Bill of 2005 has reversed the ration. Perhaps if someone had access to comparable statistics for the 2005 election it would enable a more accurate generalization of Chritian voting patterns. SOurce is R. Miller, Politics and Government of New Zealand, 4th ed. 2006. -- HistoryKiwi —Preceding comment was added at 21:01, 15 April 2008 (UTC)

According to these tables from the NZ Election Study website, the gap had certainly closed by 2005, and may have reversed. They show 31.5% of Christians voting Labour, and 30.3% National. The "regular churchgoer" figures there seem to include non-Christian religions, but they show National leading among weekly worshippers, with 32.2% against Labour's 23.5%. -- Avenue (talk) 22:52, 15 April 2008 (UTC)