Poll has Labour back over 30%
Main parties up, minor parties down in latest One News-Colmar Brunton survey.
The main are parties up and the minor parties down in latest One News-Colmar Brunton survey.
The survey found Labour, which polled 25.5% at the September election, up 6% to 31%. New leader Andrew Little debuted in the preferred prime minister ratings at 12%.
National, which polled 47.04% at the election, was up 4 over the last One News survey to 49%, apparently unscathed by recent controversy over the government's International Convention Centre deal with Sky City. John Key's preferred PM rating was down 2 to 41%.
The Greens, whose co-leader Russel Norman has thrown in the towel, were down 2 to 10%, NZ First down 2 to 6%, the Maori Party steady on 2% and the Conservatives down 3% to 1%. ACT did not register on the radar. See full results here.
A February 20 Roy Morgan poll also had Labour on the up. The party jumped 4 points to hit the 30% mark since the first time since July last year, while National slipped from 52% to 49%.
While the survey is encouraging for Andrew Little, most pundits won't be reading too much into it. The chattering class's wisdom is that voters have yet to re-engage after the election, and minor parties typically tough at this stage of the electoral cycle.
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Poll has Labour back over 30%
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