With public support bouncing around, the left and right still have everything to play for
According to the Colmar Brunton poll published by TVNZ on Thursday, Labour would easily romp back into power at the upcoming election. Labour’s 50% support is well above the 37% support it won at the 2017 election, which was enough for Labour to form a coalition government with the Greens and Winston Peters’ New Zealand First.
On current polling, Labour could also form a government without the need for coalition partners – which would make it the first party to do so since 1993. Since New Zealand shifted to the MMP proportional representation electoral system, parties have required around 47% of the vote to form an administration, and no party has yet been able to do that alone.
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