NZ Herald Digipoll June 2014
June 17, 2014
Polling Company: DigiPoll
Poll Method: Random Phone
Undecideds: 12.2%
Poll Size: 750 respondents, of whom 659 had a party preference
Dates: 06 to 15 June 2014
Client: NZ Herald
Report: NZ Herald
Party Support
- National 50.4% (-0.4%)
- Labour 30.5% (+1.0%)
- Green 10.7% (-2.4%)
- NZ First 3.6% (nc)
- Maori 0.8% (+0.6%)
- United Future 0.1% (+0.1%)
- ACT 0.7% (-0.1%)
- Mana/Internet 1.4% (+1.3%)
- Conservative 1.5% (+0.2%)
Projected Seats
- National 64
- Labour 38
- Green 14
- Maori 3
- United Future 1
- ACT 1
- Mana/Internet 2
- NZ First 0
- Total 123
This is based on no change in electorate seats.
Coalition Options
- CR – National 64 + ACT 1 + United Future 1 = 66/123 – four more than the minimum needed to govern
- CL – Labour 38 + Greens 14 + Mana/Internet 2 = 54/123 -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 65.9% (-0.6%)
- Cunliffe 12.7% (+1.6%)
- Peters 6.2% (-0.3%)
- Norman 2.5% (-2.0%)
Electorate MP threshold
- Keep 50%
- Remove and drop threshold to 4% – 36%
Mana/Internet deal
- Unprincipled rort 43%
- Legitimate use of MMP 33%
Country Direction
- Right 65%
Political Fundraising
- 42% say politicians speaking regularly to donors in private meetings is a bad look
- 30% say nothing wrong
- 21% say it is corrupt
Capital Gains Tax
- 41% favour
- 35% opposed
Cannabis
- 33% decriminalise
- 20% legalise
- 45% remain illegal
Immigration
- Levels about right 50%
- Too high 35%
Coalition Partners
- Preferred coalition partner for Labour is Greens 50% then NZ First 35%