National making no race of it
Page 1 of 2 5:00AM Saturday May 26, 2007
By Audrey Young
John Key is sitting on 45.5% support as preferred Prime Minister, while Helen Clark has slipped to 42.1%
National is so far ahead of Labour in the Herald's post-Budget poll that it would win in a landslide if an election were held tomorrow.
The Herald-DigiPoll survey shows 50.9 per cent of decided voters supporting National.
Translated into votes, this would enable National to govern on its own, with 64 seats out of 122.
Labour is more than 17 points behind National, on 33.6 per cent.
Labour has been trailing National in most major polls, but this poll taken during the week after the Budget widens the gulf between them, putting National up about 7 points and Labour down about 7.
National leader John Key is ahead of Prime Minister Helen Clark as preferred Prime Minister. The poll shows 45.5 per cent support for him (up 9.3 points) and 42.1 per cent for her (down 5.6).
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