Herald Digipoll March 2014

Polling Company: DigiPoll

Poll Method: Random Phone

Undecideds: 11.4%

Poll Size: 750 respondents, of whom 665 had a party preference

Dates: 06 to 16 March 2014

Client: NZ Herald

Report: NZ Herald

Party Support

• National 50.8% (+4.0%)
• Labour 29.5% (-5.9%)
• Green 13.1% (+2.3%)
• NZ First 3.6% (-0.3%)
• Maori 0.2% (-1.1%)
• United Future 0.0% (nc)
• ACT 0.8% (+0.8%)
• Mana 0.1% (-0.8%)
• Conservative 1.3% (+0.6%)

Projected Seats

• National 65
• Labour 37
• Green 17
• Maori 3
• United Future 1
• ACT 1
• Mana 1
• NZ First 0
• Total 125

This is based on no change in electorate seats.

Coalition Options

• CR – National 65 + ACT 1 + United Future 1 = 67/125 – four more than the minimum needed to govern
• CL – Labour 37 + Greens 17 + Mana 1 = 55/123 -eight fewer than the minimum needed to govern
• C – NZ First 0 + Maori 3 = 3/123

On this poll, National would form the Government.

Preferred PM

• Key 66.5% (+4.6%)
• Cunliffe 11.1% (-5.4%)
• Peters 6.5% (-0.8%)
• Norman 4.5% (+1.1%)

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• Support 47%
• Oppose 49%

Kim Dotcom

• Should be extradited if court rules eligible 47%
• Should not be extradited 42%

NZ Flag

• Support new flag 41%
• Keep current flag 53%

Countdown

• 51% believe Shane Jones allegations
• 20% believe Countdown

Len Brown

• Would vote for Brown in 2016 – 23%
• Would not vote for Brown – 58%
• Brown can still be an effective advocate – 52%
• Brown should have resigned 50% (+12%)
• Brown should not have resigned 38% (-13%)

Income Inequality

• 44% say gap between rich and poor has got a lot bigger
• 30% say a little bigger
• 22% say gap the same
• 3% say gap has closed
• 33% say they are better off under National
• 30% the same
• 30% worse off