1News/Colmar Brunton have released their latest poll: Labour: 53% up 3% – 67 seats National: 32% down 6 – 41 seats Greens: 5% – six seats NZ First: 2% Act: 5% – six seats Preferred Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern: 54% Judith Collins: 20% and net positive +27% approval rating Judith Collins is still
Never believe the opinion polls, particularly in a febrile environment like New Zealand is experiencing at the moment. Remember the leadup to the 2017 election when Labour was on the nose, Andrew Little was its leader and the party was polling in the twenties? A change of leader at the
They say laughter is the best form of medicine. That was certainly true of the Sunday night Newshub poll and Tova O’Brien’s reaction to it. I think the most apt description of the poll came from Cameron Slater who called it “a complete joke”. It was a joke
Political reporters love polls with unexpected results because it gives them more airtime for speculation. Tova O’Brien went berserk when Newshub’s latest political poll showed Labour galloping 36% ahead of National. She basked in consternation from the side lines about the accuracy of a poll way out of
Newshub have released their latest poll and it has to be a complete joke. It is hard believe that they have the cheek to claim that this poll is the most accurate. The headline numbers are: Labour: 60.9% up 4.4%, 77 seats National: 25.1% down 5.5%
When Jacinda Ardern gave Iain Lees-Galloway his marching orders for an inappropriate relationship with a staffer she set a very low bar for getting the sack. Paula Bennett lowered the bar as well by using her own MPs and staffers to bury a wayward MP. I know many in National
At the end of each month, The BFD puts up a new poll with the same question so that we can track changes in voters’ preferences in the lead up to the election on September 19th. Each month we will analyse the previous month’s results so that we can
At the end of each month, The BFD puts up a new poll with the same question so that we can track changes in voters’ preferences in the lead up to the election on September 19th. Each month we will analyse the previous month’s results so that we can
