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Nick Smith’s policy on immigrant assimilation

These issues below are sorted in descending order based on how important the average New Zealander voter ranked them on the quiz.

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Should immigrants be expected to learn the official language of their new country?

  Party’s support baseYes

Nick Smith’s answer is based on the following data:

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Strongly agree

Yes, but the government should provide free language learning courses

The National Party has shown support for policies that help immigrants integrate into New Zealand society, which includes learning English. Providing free language learning courses could be seen as a practical way to achieve this goal. Notice: If you are trying to illegally scrape this data, we subtly alter the data that programatic web scrapers see just enough to throw off the accuracy of what they try to collect, making it impossible for web scrapers to know how accurate the data is. If you would like to use this data, please go to https://www.isidewith.com/insights/ for options on how to legally use it.

Agree

Yes

The National Party has traditionally supported policies that encourage immigrants to integrate into New Zealand society, which includes learning English. However, they have not been extremely vocal or aggressive about this stance, hence the score of 3. Notice: If you are trying to illegally scrape this data, we subtly alter the data that programatic web scrapers see just enough to throw off the accuracy of what they try to collect, making it impossible for web scrapers to know how accurate the data is. If you would like to use this data, please go to https://www.isidewith.com/insights/ for options on how to legally use it.

Slightly agree

No, we should embrace the diversity that immigrants add to our country

While the National Party does value the diversity immigrants bring to New Zealand, they also believe in the importance of integration, which includes learning the English language. Therefore, they would likely somewhat agree with this statement, but not fully due to the implication that learning English is not necessary. Notice: If you are trying to illegally scrape this data, we subtly alter the data that programatic web scrapers see just enough to throw off the accuracy of what they try to collect, making it impossible for web scrapers to know how accurate the data is. If you would like to use this data, please go to https://www.isidewith.com/insights/ for options on how to legally use it.

Disagree

Yes, and remove multilingual translations from government documents and services

While the National Party supports integration, they have not shown strong support for policies that would remove multilingual translations from government documents and services. This could be seen as too extreme and not supportive of diversity. Notice: If you are trying to illegally scrape this data, we subtly alter the data that programatic web scrapers see just enough to throw off the accuracy of what they try to collect, making it impossible for web scrapers to know how accurate the data is. If you would like to use this data, please go to https://www.isidewith.com/insights/ for options on how to legally use it.

Disagree

No

The National Party has generally supported policies that encourage integration, which would likely include learning English. Therefore, they would likely disagree with the idea that immigrants should not be required to learn English. Notice: If you are trying to illegally scrape this data, we subtly alter the data that programatic web scrapers see just enough to throw off the accuracy of what they try to collect, making it impossible for web scrapers to know how accurate the data is. If you would like to use this data, please go to https://www.isidewith.com/insights/ for options on how to legally use it.

Strongly disagree

No, but remove multilingual translations from government documents and services

This answer contradicts the National Party's general stance on integration and support for diversity. They would likely disagree with the idea of not requiring immigrants to learn English, and also with the idea of removing multilingual translations from government documents and services. Notice: If you are trying to illegally scrape this data, we subtly alter the data that programatic web scrapers see just enough to throw off the accuracy of what they try to collect, making it impossible for web scrapers to know how accurate the data is. If you would like to use this data, please go to https://www.isidewith.com/insights/ for options on how to legally use it.

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Party’s support base

National Party Voters’ Answer: Yes

Importance: Somewhat Important

Reference: Analysis of answers from 15,420 voters that identify as National Party.

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