Let’s hope it’s the start of a trend:
1 NEWS poll: Labour and Greens close gap on National following John Key’s departure
The gap between National and the centre left block of Labour and the Greens has tightened in the wake of John Key’s departure as leader, according to the first major poll since his shock resignation.
National is at 46 per cent in the first 1 NEWS Colmar Brunton poll for the 2017 election year, down four points from the November poll.
Labour has climbed two points to 30, while the Greens are steady on 11 per cent, taking the centre left block’s combined vote to 41 percent.
That narrows the gap between National and the centre left pairing to just five percent.
Back in November National was 11 per cent ahead of the Labour-Greens combo.
…In the preferred Prime Minister rankings, Bill English comes straight in at 31 per cent – just five points shy of where John Key was in November. Mr Key has slipped back to two percent. …
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