22 Feb 2009

Poll shows National has twice the support of Labour

9:58 pm on 22 February 2009

The National Party has twice the support of the Labour Party in a poll released on Sunday.

The One News Colmar Brunton has National on 56%, with Labour on 28%.

The Green Party is on 6%, the Government's support partners the ACT Party and the Maori Party are on 3% each.

The New Zealand First Party failed to return to Parliament but is still on 1%.

Prime Minister John Key is the most preferred prime minister on 51%, with new Labour leader Phil Goff on 6%, behind former prime minister and Labour leader Helen Clark on 10.

The poll of 1000 voters has a margin of error of plus or minus 3.1 percentage points.