It comes as polls show it is increasingly likely National will need both NZ First and Act to form a government, despite National leader Christopher Luxon’s pleas to voters to deliver a clear two-party hand to him.

Source: https://www.odt.co.nz/star-news/star-national/falling-apart-labour-hits-out-nationals-second-election-fears

It shows that this is still a two-party town and that the other opposition parties have a long way to go to make an impact with voters and cannot take their support for granted.

Source: https://www.channelnewsasia.com/commentary/singapore-tharman-presidential-election-political-significance-3748486?cid=cna_flip_070214

Labor has fallen behind the Coalition on it primary vote, 35 per cent to 37 per cent, while on a two-party preferred basis, Labor leads 52 per cent to 48 per cent - its weakest result since it won government in May 2022.

Source: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12723489/PM-Albanese-cost-living-promise-Tweet.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490

Labor maintains a slim lead on a two-party preferred basis.

Source: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12793347/Jacqui-Lambie-unleashes-Anthony-Albanese-three-brutal-pieces-advice-popularity-plummets.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490

Our two-party apparatus of Presidential primaries—absurdly long, media-saturated, corrupted by big money—can hardly be justified as a model of democratic decision-making.

Source: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2023/03/13/2024-presidential-race-republican-field

“We have so many issues with climate and capitalism, the American government and the two-party system is absolutely fucked, everyone’s angry,” she says.

Source: https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2023/apr/30/cool-time-to-be-making-shit-why-artist-illma-gore-is-optimistic-about-the-rise-of-ai

“While I understand the frustration with the two-party system, the reality is when it comes to the 2024 election, a vote for anyone else but the Democratic nominee is a vote for Donald Trump.”

Source: https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2023/12/26/cornel-west-rfk-momentum-terrifies-scrambling-biden-allies/