NZ Herald DigiPoll 11 September 2014

Polling Company: DigiPoll

Poll Method: Random Phone

Undecideds:

Poll Size: 750 respondents, of whom 682 had a party preference

Dates: 04 September to 10 September 2014

Client: NZ Herald

Report: NZ Herald

Party Support

• National 48.6% (-1.5%)
• Labour 24.6% (+0.8%)
• Green 11.5% (+0.1)
• NZ First 8.1% (+2.1%)
• Maori 0.7% (+0.3%)
• United Future 0.0% (-0.3%)
• ACT 0.3% (-0.1%)
• Mana/Internet 2.3% (-1.2%)
• Conservative 3.8% (nc)

Projected Seats

• National 61
• Labour 31
• Green 14
• Maori 3
• United Future 1
• ACT 1
• Mana/Internet 3
• NZ First 10
• Total 124

This is based on no change in electorate seats.

Coalition Options

• CR – National 61 + ACT 1 + United Future 1 = 63/124 – the minimum needed to govern
• CL – Labour 31 + Greens 14 + Mana/Internet 3 = 48/124 – 15 fewer than the minimum needed to govern
• C – NZ First 10 + Maori 3 = 13/124

On this poll, National would form the Government.

Preferred PM

• Key 61.6% (-7.3%)
• Cunliffe 17.9% (+3.9%)
• Peters 7.8% (+1.4%)
• Norman 3.3% (+1.0%)

Labour Leadership

• 45% say  Cunliffe should stay on regardless of result
• 32% say he should resign and not contest leadership
• 14% say he should resign and contest leadership

Dirty Politics

• 81% say the book will not change the way they vote
• 15% say it will