Polling Company: DigiPoll
Poll Method: Random Phone
Poll Size: 770 respondents, 660 decided respondents (3.6% and 3.9% maximum margins of error)
Dates: Not stated but normally over three weeks, and probably up until 26 July 2008
Client: NZ Herald
Report: NZ Herald main story and breakdowns here and graphs here.
Party Support
- National 55.4% (+0.5%)
- Labour 30.8% (-1.6%)
- Progressive – 0.0% (nc)
- NZ First 4.1% (+0.8%)
- Green 5.5% (-0.4%)
- United Future 0.9% (+0.8%)
- Maori – 2.6% (+0.8%)
- ACT – 0.2% (-0.6%)
14.3% of respondents were undecided
Projected Seats
- National 70
- Labour 39
- Progressive 1
- NZ First 0
- Green 7
- United Future 1
- Maori 6
- ACT 1
- Total 125
This is based on Maori Party winning six electorate seats and ACT, United Future and Progressive one each.
Preferred PM
- Key 47.1% (+1.1%)
- Clark 44.0% (-1.0%)
- Peters 4.9%
Most influential issue
- Economy 22.9%
- Law & Order 17.2%
- Tax Cuts 16.5%
- Hospital Waiting Lists 13.8%