Does being a biker influence the way you vote?

[Blackbird]

So you ride a motorbike.

Does that have anything at all to do with your voting decision at election time?

Indirectly also. I'd like to think that bikers, being the largely independent and cynical lot that we are; are less influenced than the public at large by media hype and can sniff out political bullshit at several hundred km.

[Tank]

Like everything you have to look at the entire picture.

yes - Im a biker. But Im also a parent, husband, and sole income earner, who cares for New Zealand and wants the world to be a better place for my kids.

I have to look at the bigger items on my list before I get to the 'biker bits'.

If Labour turned around tomorrow and said - We will make all cheese cutters safe in 6 months from the election - Id still not vote for the bastards, despite wanting what the were offering (at the time).


So put me down for a No with cheese.

[ManDownUnder]

Being a biker would suggest a higher risk profile:
Which in turn would suggest a tendency to take a chance rather than rely on others:
Which would suggest right rather than left wing leanings...

At least that's how I see it.

[Blackbird]

Being a biker would suggest a higher risk profile:
Which in turn would suggest a tendency to take a chance rather than rely on others:
Which would suggest right rather than left wing leanings...

At least that's how I see it.

Spot on as usual Nigel. I'm slightly to the right of Ghengis Khan. (but with a reasonable social conscience)

[Toaster]

Like everything you have to look at the entire picture.

yes - Im a biker. But Im also a parent, husband, and sole income earner, who cares for New Zealand and wants the world to be a better place for my kids.

I have to look at the bigger items on my list before I get to the 'biker bits'.

If Labour turned around tomorrow and said - We will make all cheese cutters safe in 6 months from the election - Id still not vote for the bastards, despite wanting what the were offering (at the time).


So put me down for a No with cheese.

I concur on all points Tank.

[Murray]

I think you lean towards the left or the right depending on the corner

[nallac]

I concur on all points Tank.

me to........

[Dave-]

re: thread title - so you're telling me there's althernative method to voting?

I thought you turned up to the booth thinger, checked your choice then put it in the ballot box...

is it different for motorcyclists?

[Swoop]

I thought you turned up to the booth thinger, checked your choice then put it in the ballot box...

is it different for motorcyclists?

Yes. We can ride straight into the polling booth.

[mstriumph]

No influence. Being a biker is only a support role to my life. It does not define who I am.

ahhhhh - interesting


i don't vote because of who i am
i ride a bike because of who i am

so, although a cursory glance would say those two statements are related, further thought would show they are only related by marriage [so to speak] --they are not inter-dependant

neither thing defines me - but i define them

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but i digress - the answer is 'yes' .... or 'no' - dependant on how looooow you wanna go

[pritch]

At first I thought it was a really odd question. On reflection though maybe not quite so odd.

I live in the electorate from which comes the current Minister of Transport.
Will I vote for him? About the same time Hell freezes over!!!

[SVboy]

i have been a Labour supporter since birth, but have become pretty disenchanted with them. Trust National less. The straw which broke this camels back was the proposal to ban Radar detectors. If that happens, I am not sure what I will do....but it will influence my vote.

[Ixion]

Well, of course.

Socially, I ride a bike 'cos I am an irritating old bastard wot hates the world cos they keep trying to kill me. So I will vote for whatever party is most likely to commit the world to nuclear Armageddon, and fry the cunts wot try to kill me .

Economically bikers are a frugal bunch ,bikes being cheaper to run than cars, and I am an impoverished old man eking out a destitute and impecunious existence . So I get pissed off paying half of the miserable pittance I earn to the government to support thousands of lazy bludgers and pay for vainglorious imbecilities that do nothing but satisfy the zealotry of those who benefit from them. And thus will vote for whatever government will promise to transfer the handouts to me instead of them, and massively reduce my tax imposition, whilst at the same time massively increasing the tax rates for the greedy bastards who earn more than I do (indexing the rate , of course, in case I start earning more) .

[alanzs]

Vote? I vote to ride. I ride to vote. I ride, therefore I am.

[alanzs]

i have been a Labour supporter since birth, but have become pretty disenchanted with them. Trust National less. The straw which broke this camels back was the proposal to ban Radar detectors. If that happens, I am not sure what I will do....but it will influence my vote.

Ride faster? Take up advanced riding skills designed to evade the police?