Archives: Newshub

Polling Company: Reid Research

Subsciber to NZ Political Polling Code: Yes

Poll Method: Random Phone

Poll Size: 1,000

Undecideds: Unknown

Dates: May 2016

Client: Newshub

Report: Newshub

Party Support

  • National 47.0% (+0.3%)
  • Labour 31.3% (-1.0%)
  • Green 11.1% (+0.9%)
  • NZ First 7.8% (+0.3%)
  • Maori 1.0% (-0.3%)
  • United Future 0.0% (nc)
  • ACT 0.4% (-0.4%)
  • Mana 0.0% (nc)
  • Conservative 0.0% (-0.7%)

Projected Seats

  • National 57
  • Labour 38
  • Green 14
  • ACT 1
  • Maori 1
  • United Future 1
  • NZ First 10
  • Total 122

This is based on no change in electorate seats.

Coalition Options

  • CR – National 57 + ACT 1 + United Future 1 = 59/122 – three fewer than the minimum needed to govern
  • CL – Labour 38 + Greens 14 = 52/122 – 10 fewer than the minimum needed to govern
  • C – NZ First 10 + Maori 1 = 11/122

On this poll NZ First would hold the balance of power.

Preferred PM

  • John Key 36.7% (-1.6%)
  • Andrew Little 8.9% (-1.5%)
  • Winston Peters 12.1% (+2.8%)
  • Jacinda Ardern 2.6% (-1.6%)

Housing

  • 20% think Government is doing enough to control the housing market
  • 76% do not
  • 61% think foreign buyers are driving up house prices

US Ships

  • 75% support a visit by a US Navy ship
  • 20% opposed

Newshub reports:

The latest Newshub/Reid Research poll is bad news for Prime Minister John Key, with 61 percent of people saying no, they don’t want to change the New Zealand flag. Only 30 percent want a change.

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