Preferred PM ratings of new PMs
This is the Preferred PM rating of the last three PMs in the first ONCB poll after they assumed office:
- Helen Clark 43%
- John Key 51%
- Jacinda Ardern 37%
This is the Preferred PM rating of the last three Opposition Leaders in the first ONCB poll after a change of Government:
- Jenny Shipley 16%
- Phil Goff 6%
- Bill English 28%
So the pundits saying how the ONCB poll was a huge boost for Jacinda Ardern are getting excited about the fact a new PM always is the Preferred PM. But Ardern is starting just 9% ahead of English. Clark started 27% ahead of Shipley and Key 45% ahead of Goff.
Ardern said her Government needs to earn support, not just get it by dint of being in Government. She is correct.