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Poll of Polls update – 17 September 2014
I will be putting the Polls of the Polls over the last few days on the election campaign.
Yep at the moment it is about Winston – WINSTON
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Two new polls out today – this afternoon’s Roy Morgan, and this evening’s 3News Reid Research poll.
In the Roy Morgan poll, National rise to 46.5% (up 1.5%), while Labour slumps 2% to 24%, and the Greens drop an even larger 2.5% to 13.5%.
It’s a great poll result for NZ First, who rise to 8.0% (up 2%). It’s their second best result from any major polling company this year, beaten only by the 8.1% they achieved in the latest Herald Digipoll.
For the remaining minor parties, the Maori Party hits 1.5% (up 1%), United Future rises from zero to 0.5%, ACT loses half of their support, dropping from 1% to 0.5%, and there’s no change for Internet Mana and the Conservatives, on 1.0% and 3.5% respectively.
The 3News Reid Research poll, meanwhile, is a very different beast. National achieve their worst result this year from any major pollster, hitting…
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3 News Reid Research poll mid September 2014
Had a few people ask already so here is the latest 3 News Poll
Of note they did overstate National by 3% last election so who knows if that would translate out again
Polling Company: Reid Research
Poll Method: Random Phone
Poll Size: 1,000 respondents (3.1% maximum margin of error)
Undecideds:
Polling Company: Reid Research
Poll Method: Random Phone
Poll Size: 1,000 respondents (3.1% maximum margin of error)
Undecideds:
Dates: 09 to 15 September 2014
Client: 3 News
Party Support
- National 44.5% (-2.2%)
- Labour 25.6% (-0.5%)
- Green 14.4% (+1.4%)
- ACT 0.1% (-0.2%)
- Maori 1.1% (-0.2%)
- United Future 0.1% (+0.1%)
- Mana/Internet 2.0% (+0.3%)
- NZ First 7.1% (+1.2%)
- Conservative 4.9% (+0.2%)
Projected Seats
- National 56
- Labour 33
- Green 18
- ACT 1
- Maori 3
- United Future 1
- Mana/Internet 3
- NZ First 9
- Total 124
This is based on no change in electorate seats.
Coalition Options
- CR – National 56 + ACT 1 + United Future 1 = 58/124 – five fewer than the minimum needed to govern
- CL – Labour 33 + Greens 18 + Mana/Internet 3 = 54/124 – nine fewer than minimum needed to govern
- C – NZ First 9 +…
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