Fairfax Ipsos poll February 2013
Polling Company: Ipsos
Poll Method: Random Phone
Poll Size: 1,000 of whom 828 have a party preference
Undecideds: 17.2%
Dates: 10 February 2013 to 14 February 2013
Client: Fairfax
Report: Stuff
Party Support
- National 44.9% (-1.3%)
- Labour 36.3% (+1.9%)
- Green 10.7% (+0.2%)
- NZ First 2.8% (-1.0%)
- Maori 1.3% (-0.1%)
- United Future 0.1% (-0.1%)
- ACT 0.4% (+0.4%)
- Mana 1.4% (+0.8%)
- Conservative 1.6% (+0.2%)
Projected Seats
- National 57
- Labour 46
- Green 13
- ACT 0
- Maori 3
- United Future 1
- Mana 2
- NZ First 0
- Total 122
This is based on no change in electorate seats, except for National winning Epsom.
Coalition Options
- CR – National 57 + United Future 1 = 58/122 – four fewer than the minimum needed to govern
- CL – Labour 46 + Greens 13 + Mana 2 = 61/122 – one fewerthan the minimum needed to govern
The Maori Party is not shown as part of the centre-right or centre-left.
Should Hekia Parata be removed from Education
- Yes 60%
- No 22%
- Don’t Know 18%
Was David Bain wrongfully imprisoned?
- Yes 40%
- No 28%
- Unsure 32%
Should David Bain get compensation?
- Yes 60%
- wrongfully jailed and deserves compensation 36%
- not wrongfully imprisoned and deserves nothing 22%
- mixed views about imprisonment and compensation 10%
- unsure 33%