Key, National steady in first post-ponytail poll
PLUS: Winston Peters doubles support.
John Key and National are steady in the first post-ponytail poll – a result that may make opposition parties reassess plans to hammer the PM over the controversy when he returns to Parliament.
A Herald Digipoll taken half before the news broke and half after shows:
- John Key's preferred prime minister rating at 64.6% (falling from 65.0% in December)
- Andrew Little at 13.9% (+0.3%)
- Winston Peters at 12.0% (+6.1%)
Mr Peters' bounce in personal support on the back of the Northland byelection was the poll's only major turn up.
In party support it found:
- National 51.0% (+0.6%)
- Labour 28.7% (-0.2%)
- Green 10.8% (+1.3%)
- NZ First 6.1% (+0.5%)
- Maori 0.8% (-0.7%)
- United Future 0.0% (NC)
- ACT 0.8% (+0.4%)
- Mana/Internet 0.0% (NC)
- Conservative 1.1% (-1.7%)
The random phone poll had a sample of 750, and was conducted between April 17 and April 26.
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Key, National steady in first post-ponytail poll
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