Green shoots: New poll shows Greens surge could eject coalition from power
The Green Party has nearly doubled its support in the past two months, according to a new poll which shows that surge would be enough to help the left bloc change the Government if an election were held today.
The latest Talbot Mills poll for Anacta has the Green Party on 13%, up four points from last month and nearly double the 7% the party recorded in April – a relative low point for the party. Talbot Mills also does internal polling for the Labour Party.
That performance was enough for the Greens to just overtake NZ First as the country’s third most popular party. NZ First was on 12%, down 2 points from last month and down from a high of 15% recorded in April.
Labour fell 2 points to 34%, holding its spot as the most popular party. National was steady on 29%, the same result it has recorded for the past three months.
The Act Party was down one point to 6%; although that is just above the 5% threshold needed to enter Parliament, the party is expected to win at least one electorate seat.
Te Pāti Māori polled 2.6%, up from 2.2%.
The Opportunity Party also enjoyed something of a surge, polling 3.3%, up from 2.8% last month and 2.3% in April.
The poll has three left-wing parties on 49%, enough to beat the coalition, which polled 47%.
Labour leader Chris Hipkins polled 21% as preferred prime minister, down 2 points from last month and well down from the 26% he recorded in March.
National leader Christopher Luxon continued to trail Hipkins on 20%, although his performance has been more stable, down just 2 points since his most recent peak of 22% back in March.
The poll showed voters continue to disapprove of the coalition, with 51% of voters saying they disapproved compared to 42% saying they approved.
The poll was taken between June 1-10 and has a margin of error of 3.1%.
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