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Topic · social

Electoral Participation

171 posts · 53,548 engagement · first seen 29 Sep 2016 · last seen 31 Oct 2026

Electoral participation encompasses the rates, drivers, and barriers affecting New Zealanders' engagement in voting and democratic processes across general and local elections, including efforts to increase turnout among under-represented groups such as Māori.

Stance breakdown

How the per-edge framings classify across 98 classified edges. Each framing is labelled by a small AI stance classifier; see the methodology page for details.

59%
29%
Supportive 58 Critical 28 Dismissive 2 Neutral / explainer 5 Mocking 5

Sentiment breakdown

Whole-post emotional valence across 98 classified posts that reference this topic. Distinct from stance: a post can be supportive of the topic and still negative in tone (an angry supporter) — the two together capture the texture short-form posts compress into very few words.

46%
21%
33%
Positive 45 Neutral 21 Negative 32

Platform mix

Where the conversation is happening. Engagement is volume-weighted (likes + 2×shares + 3×replies); a small number of high-impact posts can outrank a high-volume but low-engagement platform.

  • facebook
    11 posts · 26,399 engagement
    26,399
  • reddit
    21 posts · 7,736 engagement
    7,736
  • twitter
    6 posts · 908 engagement
    908
  • youtube
    60 posts · 320 engagement
    320

Top posts by engagement

The most-engaged posts referencing this topic. Engagement is likes + 2×shares + 3×replies; the order matches the digest ranking on /social.