Herald Digipoll March 2014
March 30, 2014
Polling Company: DigiPoll
Poll Method: Random Phone
Undecideds: 11.4%
Poll Size: 750 respondents, of whom 665 had a party preference
Dates: 06 to 16 March 2014
Client: NZ Herald
Report: NZ Herald
Party Support
- National 50.8% (+4.0%)
- Labour 29.5% (-5.9%)
- Green 13.1% (+2.3%)
- NZ First 3.6% (-0.3%)
- Maori 0.2% (-1.1%)
- United Future 0.0% (nc)
- ACT 0.8% (+0.8%)
- Mana 0.1% (-0.8%)
- Conservative 1.3% (+0.6%)
Projected Seats
- National 65
- Labour 37
- Green 17
- Maori 3
- United Future 1
- ACT 1
- Mana 1
- NZ First 0
- Total 125
This is based on no change in electorate seats.
Coalition Options
- CR – National 65 + ACT 1 + United Future 1 = 67/125 – four more than the minimum needed to govern
- CL – Labour 37 + Greens 17 + Mana 1 = 55/123 -eight fewer than the minimum needed to govern
- C – NZ First 0 + Maori 3 = 3/123
On this poll, National would form the Government.
Preferred PM
- Key 66.5% (+4.6%)
- Cunliffe 11.1% (-5.4%)
- Peters 6.5% (-0.8%)
- Norman 4.5% (+1.1%)
Baby Bonus of $60 a week
- Support 47%
- Oppose 49%
Kim Dotcom
- Should be extradited if court rules eligible 47%
- Should not be extradited 42%
NZ Flag
- Support new flag 41%
- Keep current flag 53%
Countdown
- 51% believe Shane Jones allegations
- 20% believe Countdown
Len Brown
- Would vote for Brown in 2016 – 23%
- Would not vote for Brown – 58%
- Brown can still be an effective advocate – 52%
- Brown should have resigned 50% (+12%)
- Brown should not have resigned 38% (-13%)
Income Inequality
- 44% say gap between rich and poor has got a lot bigger
- 30% say a little bigger
- 22% say gap the same
- 3% say gap has closed
- 33% say they are better off under National
- 30% the same
- 30% worse off
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