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Wellington Mayoral polls

September 16, 2016

The Dom Post reports:

LESTER’S POLL

Who would you vote for to be Mayor of Wellington?

* Justin Lester – 34.5 per cent
* Jo Coughlan – 17.5 per cent
* Nick Leggett – 17.4 per cent
* Helene Ritchie – 4.2 per cent
* Nicola Young – 3.5 per cent
* Andy Foster – 1.4 per cent
* Another candidate – 5.3 per cent
* Unsure – 16.3 per cent

Who is your second preference?

* Jo Coughlan – 19 per cent
* Nick Leggett – 17.4 per cent
* Andy Foster – 14.4 per cent
* Justin Lester – 13.1 per cent
* Nicola Young – 11.3 per cent
* Helene Ritchie – 3.9 per cent
* Another candidate – 4.5 per cent
* Unsure – 16.6 per cent

LEGGETT’S POLL

Who is your first preference to be Mayor of Wellington?

* Justin Lester – 19.6 per cent
* Nick Leggett – 19.2 per cent
* Jo Coughlan – 11.1 per cent
* Nicola Young – 3.5 per cent
* Andy Foster – 1.1 per cent
* Keith Johnson – 0.7 per cent
* Johnny Overton – 0.1 per cent
* Unsure – 43.8 per cent

Who is your second preference?

* Nick Leggett – 13 per cent
* Justin Lester – 12 per cent
* Jo Coughlan – 12 per cent
* Nicola Young – 5 per cent
* Andy Foster – 2 per cent
* Keith Johnson – 1 per cent
* Helene Ritchie – 1 per cent
* Johnny Overton – 0 per cent
* Unsure – 54 per cent

The Dominion Post reports:

Nearly three quarters of people living in the Wellington region do not want to be part of a proposed super-city, a new poll reveals.

Wellington City Council has released the results of a Nielsen survey it commissioned this month, which found just 26 per cent support across the Wellington region for merging its nine councils. …

Wellington City Council’s survey found support for the proposal was just 17 per cent in the Wairarapa and 18 per cent in Hutt Valley.

Support in Porirua and Kapiti was slightly higher at 29 per cent, while 30 per cent of those living in Wellington city were keen on the idea.

Wade-Brown said there was still an opportunity to re-think the super-city proposal and come up with a new approach.

The survey showed an alternative model with a separate Wairarapa council and one or more metro councils formed across the remainder of the region would have 50 per cent support.

Wellington Mayoralty poll

August 20, 2013

NewstalkZB reports:

A Newstalk ZB Media Research poll released today shows at this stage it’s a fight between incumbent mayor Celia Wade-Brown and councillor John Morrison for the Wellington mayoralty.

Wade-Brown has 31.67% of popular support to continue as mayor, while Morrison is close behind with 25.22%.  Jack Yan came in a distant third with 4.15%. 

A significant 28.38% of the electorate remains undecided.

 

Research New Zealand has done a poll of 300 Wellington businesses.

  • 68% believe economy will get worse in next six months, 15% stay the same and 11% get better – a net negative of 57%
  • 37% satisfied with Clark performance, 54% not satisfied
  • 64% satisfied with Key performance, 18% not satisfied
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