Harry Mowbray raised some eyebrows after he claimed the large bloc of swing voters who shape the balance of power in elections are 'female' who 'vote emotionally' and pull politics left.

Mowbray attracted some controversy earlier by supporting a vote-splitting strategy calling for right-leaning voters to give their electorate vote to National and their party vote to Act or NZ First.  

Newstalk ZB Barry Soper weighed in on these comments further.

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Harry Mowbray raised some eyebrows after he claimed the large bloc of swing voters who shape the balance of power in elections are 'female' who 'vote emotionally' and pull politics left.
Mowbray attracted some controversy earlier by supporting a vote-splitting strategy calling for right-leaning voters to give their electorate vote to National and their party vote to Act or NZ First.&nbsp;&nbsp;
Newstalk ZB Barry Soper weighed in on these comments further.
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Barry Soper: Newstalk ZB senior political correspondent on Harry Mowbray claiming women 'driven by emotion' and pulling politics left

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