NZ Herald Digipoll July 2014
July 26, 2014
Polling Company: DigiPoll
Poll Method: Random Phone
Undecideds: 11.5%
Poll Size: 750 respondents, of whom 664 had a party preference
Dates: 10 to 17 July 2014
Client: NZ Herald
Report: NZ Herald
Party Support
- National 54.9% (+4.5%)
- Labour 26.5% (-4.0%)
- Green 9.9% (-0.8%)
- NZ First 4.6% (+1.0%)
- Maori 0.5% (-0.3%)
- United Future 0.0% (-0.1%)
- ACT 0.0% (-0.7%)
- Mana/Internet 2.2% (+0.8%)
- Conservative 1.2% (-0.3%)
Projected Seats
- National 69
- Labour 34
- Green 13
- Maori 3
- United Future 1
- ACT 1
- Mana/Internet 3
- NZ First 0
- Total 124
This is based on no change in electorate seats.
Coalition Options
- CR – National 69 + ACT 1 + United Future 1 = 71/124 – eight more than the minimum needed to govern
- CL – Labour 34 + Greens 13 + Mana/Internet 3 = 49/124 -14 fewer than the minimum needed to govern
- C – NZ First 0 + Maori 3 = 3/124
On this poll, National would form the Government.
Preferred PM
- Key 73.3% (+7.4%)
- Cunliffe 10.5% (-2.2%)
- Peters 5.5% (-0.7%)
- Norman 2.0% (-0.5%)
Fat Tax
- 55% support a fat tax on sugar-high food
- 43% oppose
Healthy Star Ratings
- 82% support introduction
Education
- 61% want money spent on improving teaching standards
- 35% on reducing class sizes
School Donations
- 52% support Labour policy of $100 per student funding if they do not ask for a donation
- 37% say it is unfair
Cunliffe man apology
- 42% say was silly and showed poor judgement
- 45% say unusual way to make point about domestic violence
Auckland Council
- 43% of Aucklanders want staff and salary cuts for Auckland Council
- 20% support rates going up more than 2.5%
- 19% support delaying the City Rail Link
- 9% support reducing services
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