Commuter Corridors

The Commuter Corridors refer to two bands totalling 5 constituencies which pundits point to as important seats to predict whether or not the left or right will have a majority. These five seats wrap around the edges of Aarnselm, where many residents commute to for work. The areas are expensive to live in. The sorts of voter in these seats are socially liberal and economically centre or right. Traditionally, the two routes to power on the right were to swing all five of these seats and win over the more liberal voters here or to win over the more conservative left wing voters on the East and West Coast of South Island.

There are two 'Commuter Corridors', the North Side and the South Side. The North Side encompasses Stocksfield & Bromstoft and Ashforth and the South Side encompasses Acton & Bass, Lynton and Allenstown. In 2015, the Conservatives held 3 of these 5 seats. In 2017, Green Solidarity carried 4 of the 5 seats which helped give them a majority. In 2019, Green Solidarity lost two seats, but gained one and was able to cling on to power, with Phoenix taking two. The party which controls the most seats in this corridor has never not been in government or part of a coalition.