Editing New Zealand Labour Party (section)

=== Voter base ===
Historically, the party drew upon a stable sectional voter [[base (politics)|base]] comprising the urban [[working class]], predominantly [[manual labour]]ers and trade unionists. From the 1930s onwards, Labour has increasingly positioned itself as a broad-based party by responding and adapting to different social and economic problems and changing demographics (appealing to an expanding migrant population and a diversified ethnic, social make-up).<ref name="Aimer"/> Beginning in the 1980s, there was a shift away from class-issues and towards the promotion of individual freedoms, particularly for members of disadvantaged groups such as women and Māori. The modern party's core support base lies among young people, urban workers, civil servants, and minorities (particularly the Māori and [[Pasifika New Zealanders|Pasifika]] communities).<ref>{{cite news|last1=Bracewell-Worrall|first1=Anna|title=What the data tells us: Māori and Pacific voters throw support behind Labour|url=http://www.newshub.co.nz/home/election/2017/10/what-the-data-tells-us-m-ori-and-pacific-voters-throw-support-behind-labour.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171005045300/http://www.newshub.co.nz/home/election/2017/10/what-the-data-tells-us-m-ori-and-pacific-voters-throw-support-behind-labour.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=5 October 2017|access-date=6 May 2018|work=[[Newshub]]|date=10 February 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last1=Vowles|first1=Jack|title=Towards Consensus?: The 1993 Election and Referendum in New Zealand and the Transition to Proportional Representation|date=2013|publisher=Auckland University Press|isbn=978-1869407162|pages=20–23|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=G0JeAwAAQBAJ}}</ref>