22 July 2002
Election Result Now Wide Open
The latest political polls show that this Saturday's election is now wide open with a definite shift to the
centre-right, says National's Deputy Leader Roger Sowry.
"Helen Clark's decision to go for a snap election so she could govern alone has backfired with Labour support now
falling to its lowest level in three years and continuing to drop.
"National has done a good job of making the teacher's strike and law and order key issues and this is what is starting
to hurt Labour.
"The swing to the centre-right has dropped Labour's vote 15 points in a few weeks, leaving the election wide open.
"New Zealanders will vote on the issues that are important to them - law and order, education and Treaty settlements -
issues that Labour has no plan to address," Mr Sowry said.
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