Wednesday 30 May 2018

Jacinda-Comparatif





Eight months have elapsed since the 2017 General Election.

Here I set out Preferred PM comparisons for polls conducted over the first 8 months following the last four changes of government (1990 / 1999 / 2008 / 2017).

For simplicity, I focus solely on the Major Party leaders and employ TV One's unbroken series of Heylen / Colmar Brunton polls.




Month          Prime Minister       Oppo Leader      Lead


1 Month                       No Polling


2 Months
Post-2017         Ardern 37          English 28           A +9
Post-1990         Bolger 27           Moore 23            B +4
Post-1999                      No Polling
Post-2008                      No Polling


3 Months
Post-2017                      No Polling
Post-1990                      No Polling
Post-1999          Clark 43             Shipley 16         C +27
Post-2008             Key 51                  Goff 6          K +45


4 Months
Post-2017                       No Polling
Post-1990          Bolger 23              Moore 20           B +3
Post-1999            Clark 48             Shipley 15          C +33
Post-2008                       No Polling


5 Months
Post-2017          Ardern 41             English 20          A +21
Post-1990           Bolger 22              Moore 19          B +3
Post-1999             Clark 46            Shipley 15          C +31
Post-2008               Key 51                  Goff 6           K +45


6 Months
Post-2017                          No Polling
Post-1990             Bolger 17              Moore 21          M +4
Post-1999               Clark 41            Shipley 17          C +24
Post-2008                          No Polling


7 Months
Post-2017            Ardern 37             Bridges 10          A +27
Post-1990             Bolger 18              Moore 24          M +6
Post-1999               Clark 35            Shipley 18          C +17
Post-2008                          No Polling


8 Months
Post-2017              Ardern 41            Bridges 12         A +29
Post-1990               Bolger 17             Moore 26          M +9
Post-1999                 Clark 38           Shipley 18          C +20
Post-2008                    Key 51                Goff 7           K +44




By the 11 month mark (the equivalent of Aug 2018),  ... Clark had fallen to 30%, Bolger was down to 12% while John Key - the Teflon Man, the smiling assassin, the likely lad who always manages to land sunnyside up - moved like the merest of whispers, like the faintest, most whimsical of lazy summer breezes ... down one point to 50.