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Do you realize you're boosting someone who posts in New Zealand's political conservative subreddit? I'm not sure it's a smart idea to just assume they have an unbiased or representative take on the matter.
Wasn't she overall favorable at least compared to most world leaders? >

She's getting destroyed in the polls in NZ. Stepping down before the election to protect her image >


She's getting destroyed in the polls

Why?
I do not follow NZ politics. >

She does a great job in the eyes of the public in dealing with major events (mosque attacks, covid). But in terms of day-to-day running of the country she’s done bad. With Covid over, she now has to deal with a cost of living crisis, housing crisis, etc. Her government has an unprecedented majority, but hasn’t passed any meaningful laws to combat these. 
Instead she’s decided to try and pass hate speech laws, give governance of our water infrastructure to unelected Māori tribes, etc.
She was elected because she preached about how she wanted to end poverty, save the environment, etc. but all those things have gotten worse under her. She lies and deflects constantly, and has no plan going forward.
International people love her because they don’t see the day-to-day politics here, just the major events where her leadership is always praised >

poor people being poor is a social issue. don't listen to this bot >

It is a socioeconomic issue that can be remedied via economic means. 
I feel comfortable considering it a more economic than social issue because of that, pedantry aside.
Username fits. Beep bop beep. >

It is absolutely a social issue. Money does not trickle down. Giving more welfare money and calling it an economic fix is only going to ruin the economy lol. >

It is more an economic issue. 
The poor are poor because they literally don't have enough money.  The workers get fucked as a result of not getting enough money. These can be fixed by economic means.  
Not every economic intervention in favor of the poor and the worker is just about throwing a bag of money at them courtesy of the government. 
And from what I can see of the PM's history in power, she has coasted for too long and wound up in a ditch. 
Goodbye, so long, get someone that actually cares about delivering for the poor and the worker into power. >

I don't understand how you could call it an economic issue then say you can throw money at them. If you raise the minimum wage, is that social or economic? If you put government spending towards preventing crime, increasing education etc, all known ways to prevent poverty, is that a social fix or an economic fix? 
Crime rates rise because the situations that cause crime increased under national, poverty doesn't come over night. You can't fix poverty overnight either. You can also work towards social issues while stimulating the economy. Don't pretend as if it is one or the other, don't pretend you can fix poverty by letting the rich trickle all over them. Right wing politics is about keeping the rich rich and the poor poor, where else would they get their desperate workers.
I think we should agree to disagree, but both agree that it is socioeconomic. Obviously you can't have massive unemployment and no poverty, but also you can't have people totally fending for themselves and no poverty. There are multiple ways poverty arises and all need to be addressed to fix it. >

It's crazy how much her polls have changed.  She seemed on-top of the world just a couple years ago, now she's resigning to get ahead of a face plant next election.  
Life comes at you fast >

Non New Zealander here: why is she down in the polls? >

Global inflation and cost of living trends are being felt by New Zealanders and that along with a failure to deliver on key election promises, some controversial priorities, and a squandering of the largest electoral mandate in decades are being very effectively weaponised by the opposition. Also a seeming explosion of online conspiracy nutters probably doesn't help >

A PM will generally step down right before an election if they are expected to lose their majority in parliament, a scandal is about to break, or they are in poor health.
Jacinda gets a lot of glowing reviews in the international press for taking a stance on certain issues or passing certain legislation, but that is only a small part of governing a nation. A lot of New Zealanders are frustrated and one has to remember that Jacinda and Labour didn't win in a landslide before, she barely squeaked by to become PM in her first mandate.
And in the 2020 General Election, Jacinda won largely because of her swift handling of the COVID-19 pandemic, and well there were a number of people who couldn't stomach voting for Judith Collins and the National Party. It was a vote for the lesser of two evils. >

Jacinda has been alright. That's a simple fact that for so many would absolutely refuse to admit, because they have grown to hate her thanks to dumb social media spirals. >

She has better options going forward, that is politics. >

Imagine that, a national leader not clinging to power >

As opposed to the US where old, bitter men cry "fraud" for years on end after losing.
What a difference in mentality. >

“How can I make this about America?” >

It's not that we want to make it about America, it's just that when we here about another country's leader stepping down ahead of the election, it's hard not to painfully feel the contrast of living in a country where the leader lost the election and did everything in his power not to step down. >

What are you on about? She is stepping down after 2 terms in office. In the US you legally can't enter a race after 2 terms.
The new leader will not be elected publicly, but announced by the Labour party. In the US, you can choose your preferred party candidate in primaries. >

They were referring to when Trump lost the last election  and did everything in his power afterwards to stay in the Whitehouse, including spreading rumors of voter fraud, without a shred of evidence to back it up. >

Trump fucked up the whole world. He himself wasn’t responsible because he is to fucking stupid, but the other countries that wanted to fuck it up did. This is very disappointing to me. Jacinda was a gem of a leader. Shit now is seriously fucked up and I don’t foresee it getting better. >


This is very disappointing to me. Jacinda was a gem of a leader.

This is what happens when you get your news from Reddit and refuse to live outside of your bubble. You're American, so how would you know? Try actually reading what people from NZ say and why she's doing so badly in  her approval ratings, try reading what users like /u/outbackjesus8 write who actually live there.