NZ Herald DigiPoll mid August 2014
August 22, 2014
Polling Company: DigiPoll
Poll Method: Random Phone
Undecideds: 12.5%
Poll Size: 750 respondents, of whom 656 had a party preference
Dates: 14 to 20 August 2014
Client: NZ Herald
Report: NZ Herald
Party Support
- National 50.0% (-4.9%)
- Labour 25.2% (-1.3%)
- Green 13.7% (+3.8%)
- NZ First 4.7% (+0.1%)
- Maori 0.7% (+0.2%)
- United Future 0.4% (+0.4%)
- ACT 0.6% (+0.6%)
- Mana/Internet 2.1% (-0.1%)
- Conservative 2.6% (+1.4%)
Projected Seats
- National 64
- Labour 32
- Green 18
- Maori 3
- United Future 1
- ACT 1
- Mana/Internet 3
- NZ First 0
- Total 122
This is based on no change in electorate seats.
Coalition Options
- CR – National 64 + ACT 1 + United Future 1 = 66/122 – three more than the minimum needed to govern
- CL – Labour 32 + Greens 18 + Mana/Internet 3 = 53/124 – nine fewer than the minimum needed to govern
- C – NZ First 0 + Maori 3 = 3/122
On this poll, National would form the Government.
Preferred PM
- Key 64.8% (-8.5%)
- Cunliffe 14.6% (+4.1%)
- Peters 5.1% (-0.4%)
- Norman 3.5% (+1.5%)
Leader Approval
- John Key – 59.6% approve and 16.6% disapprove = +43.0% net approval
- David Cunliffe – 19.2% approve and 31.9% disapprove = -12.7% net approval
Hager Book
- 11% say it will cause a lot of damage
- 43% little damage
- 25% no damage
Farm Sales to Foreigners
- 13% no restrictions
- 33% ban
- 50%+ approve if it brings advantages such as jobs
Referenda
- 66% say referenda should be binding on the Government
- 22% disagree
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