There is really nothing I can add to this thread. My gut tells me anyone who is going to be reading this, is very much aware of the Hoax that is the political system in the US. 

In NZ I am hoping that this last election will wake up enough people to the Lab. vs Nat. narrative and hopefully will start voting for more smaller parties.  I just fear that most Kiwi's just can't be bothered. The media here runs a tight ship and doesn't deviate from the narrative much at all. You don't even really get the left/right versions of the corporate news which can at times can stray from the official narrative(allowing people to question it all). Most people I talk to here are scared to look at news online because it "can't be trusted" but they are happy to eat up every drop that is feed to them on the television.  

But I do have hope that this forced union of lab/nz 1st/greens let people see that we do have more than two choices. Kiwi's like @theouterlight give me hope. Thank you @suzi3d for taking the time to compile all this information.