8 Apr 2023

Danyl McLauchlan: why we vote the way we do

From Saturday Morning, 11:35 am on 8 April 2023
Danyl Mclauchlan

Danyl McLauchlan Photo: supplied

Scientist and writer Danyl McLauchlan joins Kim to tackle life's big questions, ideas and thinkers. This week he delves into the drivers of voting behaviour. 

Political scientists suggest there are three different types of vote: some of us vote based on identity; some of us vote retrospectively - we look at the last three years and ask if things have gone well. And some of us vote transactionally, i.e. anticipating that we might get a tax cut.

Danyl is the author of two novels and Tranquillity and Ruin, an essay collection.

A sign points the way to a voting booth during the Hamilton West by-election. (November 2022)

Photo: RNZ / Anneke Smith