Polling Company: DigiPoll
Poll Method: Random Phone
Poll Size: 750 respondents (3.5% maximum margin of error)
Dates: assumed 22 to 28 June 2011
Client: NZ Herald
Report: NZ Herald and NZ Herald
Party Support
- National 51.2% (-3.2%)
- Labour 36.1% (+2.4%)
- Green 6.6% (+1.1%)
- NZ First 1.2% (-1.5%)
- Maori 1.7% (+0.2%)
- United Future 0.0% (nc)
- ACT 1.9% (+0.2%)
- Mana 0.5% (+0.5%)
Projected Seats
- National 63
- Labour 44
- Green 8
- Maori 4
- United Future 1
- ACT 2
- Mana 1
- Total 123
This is based on Maori Party winning four electorate seats and ACT, United Future and Mana one each.
Coalition Options
- CR – National 63 + ACT 2 + United Future 1 = 66/124 – 4 more than minimum needed to govern
- CL – Labour 44 + Greens 8 + Mana 1 = 53/124 -9 less than minimum needed to govern
The Maori Party is not shown as part of the centre-right or centre-left.
Preferred PM
- Key 70.6% (+2.9%)
- Goff
- Peters
- Clark
Drinking Age
- 58.6% want a 20/20 age for on and off-licenses
- 25.7% want an 18 age for on-licenses and 20 for off-licenses
- 14.5% want an 18/18 age for on and off-licenses
- 80% support making it an offence to supply alcohol to an under 18 year old without the consent of their parents, with 18.5% against
Rugby World Cup
- 59.2% say most important thing is visitors have a great time in NZ
- 36.6% say most important thing is the All Blacks win
Welfare
- 10% support sole parents on welfare having to seek work when youngest child is three
- 32% support work testing at age five
- 54% support work testing at age six
