Latest opinion polling has created a stir among the political cognoscenti. On one side, ACT’s rise is being seen as a big problem for National. From another, Labour’s fall by 9.7 points from the previous poll points to sharp disillusion with the Ardern government.
TV3’s AM Show told viewers ACT’s four-point rise to 11 % constitutes “soaring popularity”. Well, not quite.
Then there seemed to be a general judgement that Judith Collins’ fall below ACT leader David Seymour’s rating signalled her imminent demise as National leader.
In reality, the Newshub Reid Research poll’s findings, while recording sharp shifts from its previous sampling, weren’t much different from the Colmar Brunton post-Budget poll which recorded Labour down to 46% from its previous highs in the fifties.
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