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Morgan Poll - Labour/Greens Up, National Down
Morgan Poll New Zealand Update: 1) Labour/ Greens 47.5% (up 2%) now well ahead of Nationals 41% (down 3%) before Labour elects new Leader on Sunday September 15
Today’s New Zealand Roy Morgan Poll shows a Labour/ Greens alliance (47.5%, up 2% since August 12-25, 2013) holding its biggest lead since April 1-14, 2013 over John Key’s National Party 41% (down 3%). Support for Key’s Coalition partners has changed little with the Maori Party 1% (down 1%), ACT NZ 1% (up 0.5%) and United Future 0.5% (unchanged).
Support for Labour has risen to 32.5% (up 1%); Greens are 15% (up 1%) – their highest level of support since May 2012, New Zealand First 6.5% (up 1%), Mana Party 0.5% (unchanged), Conservative Party of NZ 1.5% (up 0.5%) and Others 0.5% (unchanged).
If a National Election were held now the latest NZ Roy Morgan Poll shows that a Labour/ Greens alliance would win easily.
The latest NZ Roy Morgan Government Confidence Rating is at its lowest since April 1-14, 2013, 117 (down 10.5pts) with 52.5% (down 5.5%) of New Zealanders saying New Zealand is ‘heading in the right direction’ compared to 35.5% (up 5%) that say New Zealand is ‘heading in the wrong direction’.
Gary Morgan says:
“Today’s New Zealand Roy Morgan Poll shows a Labour/Greens alliance (47.5%, up 2%) now well ahead of National (41%, down 3%) as Labour gets set to elect its new leader this Sunday.
“Over the past three weeks Labour Leadership contenders Shane Jones, Grant Robertson and David Cunliffe have made their cases for the Labour Party’s top job. Today’s New Zealand Roy Morgan Poll shows that whoever emerges as the new Opposition Leader on Sunday stands a good chance of becoming New Zealand’s next Prime Minister as the head of a left-leaning alliance.
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