NZ Herald Digipoll late August 2014

Polling Company: DigiPoll

Poll Method: Random Phone

Undecideds: 7.5%

Poll Size: 750 respondents, of whom 691 had a party preference

Dates: 21 to 27 August 2014

Client: NZ Herald

Report: NZ Herald

Party Support

• National 50.7% (+0.7%)
• Labour 24.1% (-1.1%)
• Green 11.4% (-1.7%)
• NZ First 5.0% (+0.7%)
• Maori 1.0% (+0.3%)
• United Future 0.2% (-0.2%)
• ACT 0.3% (-0.3%)
• Mana/Internet 3.4% (+1.3%)
• Conservative 3.3% (+0.7%)

Projected Seats

• National 64
• Labour 31
• Green 14
• Maori 3
• United Future 1
• ACT 1
• Mana/Internet 4
• NZ First 6
• Total 124

This is based on no change in electorate seats.

Coalition Options

• CR – National 64 + ACT 1 + United Future 1 = 66/124 – three more than the minimum needed to govern
• CL – Labour 31 + Greens 14 + Mana/Internet 4 = 49/124 – 14 fewer than the minimum needed to govern
• C – NZ First 6 + Maori 3 = 9/124

On this poll, National would form the Government.

Preferred PM

• Key 67.8% (+3.0%)
• Cunliffe 11.6% (-3.0%)
• Peters 8.2% (+3.1%)
• Norman 3.8% (+0.3%)

 Judith Collins

• Should resign 46%
• Should not resign 46%

Dirty Politics book

• 53% say media coverage justified
• 30% say not