Sunday, June 18, 2006

Latest political polling

(Angus Reid Global Scan) – More voters in New Zealand are voicing support for the opposition National party, according to a poll by Roy Morgan International. 44.5 per cent of respondents would vote for National in the next election, while 40 cent would back the governing Labour party.

The Greens are in third place with 6.5 per cent, followed by New Zealand First with 4.5 per cent, United Future with two per cent, ACT with 1.5 per cent, and the Maori Party with one per cent.


I wonder what is behind that poor Maori Party result? The tobacco ban? Or, with the margin of error, is it just not significant?

1 comment:

Libertyscott said...

Yes, remember the Maori Party got its seats from electorate votes not party vote. On top of that, I suspect the Maori demographic is probably skewed against polls.