Roy Morgan Political Poll: 10 June 2011

It looks like the latest Roy Morgan Poll could be a rogue one with support for the Nats down around 4% overall. It is important to watch the trend of polls over the last 3 years and they have been consistently well above 50%:

The latest New Zealand Roy Morgan Poll shows support for Prime Minister John Key’s National-led Government is at 53.5% (down 4%). Support for Key’s National Party is 49% (down 4%), the Maori Party 2.5% (up 0.5%), ACT NZ 1.5% (down 0.5%) and United Future 0.5% (unchanged).

Support for Opposition Parties is at 46.5% (up 4%) – Labour Party 36% (up 8%), Greens 6.5%, (down 3.5%), New Zealand First 2.5% (down 0.5%), Progressive Party 0% (down 0.5%) and Others 1.5% (up 0.5%).

If a National Election were held today the National Party would easily be returned to Government.

The latest New Zealand Roy Morgan Government Confidence Rating has risen 0.5 points to 127 with 55% (down 1.5%) of New Zealanders saying New Zealand is ‘heading in the right direction’ compared to 28% (down 2%) that say New Zealand is ‘heading in the wrong direction.’

Full poll here.

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