NZ Herald DigiPoll early September 2014
September 5, 2014
Polling Company: DigiPoll
Poll Method: Random Phone
Undecideds:
Poll Size: 750 respondents, of whom xxx had a party preference
Dates: 28 August to 03 September 2014
Client: NZ Herald
Report: NZ Herald
Party Support
- National 50.1% (-0.6%)
- Labour 23.8% (-0.3%)
- Green 11.4% (nc)
- NZ First 6.0% (+1.0%)
- Maori 0.4% (-0.6%)
- United Future 0.2% (+0.1%)
- ACT 0.4% (+0.1%)
- Mana/Internet 3.5% (+0.1%)
- Conservative 3.8% (+0.5%)
Projected Seats
- National 63
- Labour 30
- Green 14
- Maori 3
- United Future 1
- ACT 1
- Mana/Internet 4
- NZ First 7
- Total 123
This is based on no change in electorate seats.
Coalition Options
- CR – National 63 + ACT 1 + United Future 1 = 65/123 – three more than the minimum needed to govern
- CL – Labour 30 + Greens 14 + Mana/Internet 4 = 48/123 – 14 fewer than the minimum needed to govern
- C – NZ First 7 + Maori 3 = 10/123
On this poll, National would form the Government.
Preferred PM
- Key
- Cunliffe
- Peters
- Norman
Coalition preferences
- 47% say National should go with NZ First, 35% Conservatives
- Among National voters, 47% Conservatives, 38% NZ First
Farmers and Environment
- 47% agree that farmers were continually improving their practices and were unfairly criticised by environmentalists.
- 39% of respondents agreed that farmers were moving too slowly to improve their practices
- 7% said they deserve all the criticism they get from environmentalists
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