Photo: RNZ / Samuel Rillstone
Prime Minister Christopher Luxon's popularity has seen a boost in the latest 1News-Verian poll, while the left and right voting blocs remained steady.
The numbers for the governing parties remained unchanged, with only minor shifts for the opposition compared to the previous poll - Labour and Te Pāti Māori gaining 1 percentage point each while the Greens dropped 2 points.
- National: 38 percent, steady (49 seats)
- Labour: 30 percent, up 1 (38 seats)
- Greens: 11 percent, down 2 (14 seats)
- ACT: 7 percent, steady (8 seats)
- NZ First: 6 percent, steady (7 seats)
- Te Pāti Māori: 4 percent, up 1 (6 seats)
Of parties not in Parliament, TOP was down 1 point to 1 percent, while New Zeal was up 1 point to 1 percent. About 11 percent of respondents said they did not know who they would vote for, or refused to say.
Perhaps the most notable change from the poll was Christopher Luxon's rise in the preferred prime minister rankings, up 5 percentage points to 28 percent. Green co-leader Chlöe Swarbrick and NZ First leader Winston Peters also saw small increases.
Preferred prime minister:
- Christopher Luxon: 28 percent - up 5 points
- Chris Hipkins: 18 percent - steady
- Chlöe Swarbrick: 7 percent, up 1
- Winston Peters: 5 percent, up 1
- David Seymour: 4 percent, steady
- Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke: 1 percent
The poll surveyed 1001 eligible voters and was weighted for demographics, with a margin of error of 3.1 percent at the 95 percent confidence interval. It was conducted between 10 and 14 August.
Polls compare to the most recent poll by the same polling company, as different polls can use different methodologies. They are intended to track trends in voting preferences, showing a snapshot in time, rather than be a completely accurate predictor of the final election result.
