Massacre in Mt Albert
As TV One ran the headline last night “Massacre in Mt Albert”, someone quipped that David Bain had moved into the electorate
Instead it was of course a poll result for the by-election, and the headline wasn’t hyperbole.
Full poll results are at Curiablog.
David Shearer is polling at the same level Helen Clark got in 2008 – 59%. He will be pleased with that. Melissa Lee is at 21% – 8% below the 2008 result. Russel Norman at 15% has improved by 95% on their 2008 result, and John Boscawen at 3% is just 1% off ACT’s 2008 candidate vote in Mt Albert.
They also asked a party vote question. Labour are up 5% from 2008, and National up 1%. I would be careful about reading too much into that, as the latest Roy Morgan has Labour down 3% and National up 7% from the election. However that poll, while partly post-budget was pre-Worth.