You know it's election year when political parties roll their caravans through town, and yesterday it was the turn of National's Paula Bennett to wave the flag in Wanganui.
But the visit by the Minister of Social Development underlined another element to the September poll - a worry of voter complacency.
Ms Bennett revved up the party faithful at a lunchtime meeting hosted by the Whanganui Employers' Chamber of Commerce, urging them to vote and get the same message to friends and colleagues.
"Make no mistake about it, in an MMP environment the reality is that anything can happen on the day.
"When you start adding up the numbers, and even accounting for the fact we are polling high, we also have the recognition of that collective on the left adding up and coming very close to us," she said.