Public Polls December 2017

The regular newsletter is (finally) out. The summary:

Curia’s Polling Newsletter – Issue 114, November and December 2017

There were two polls in November and December – a Roy Morgan poll in November and a One News Colmar Brunton in December.

In November National was 1% ahead of Labour and in December 7% ahead.

 The seat projection for November was centre-right 51 seats, centre-left 61. In December, it is CR 57 and CL 56.

We show the current New Zealand poll averages for party vote, country direction and preferred PM compared to three months ago, a year ago, three years ago and nine years ago. This allows easy comparisons between terms and Governments.

National’s party vote in December was 1% above a year ago and 2% lower than three years ago.

 Labour’s party vote was 10% higher than a year ago and 11% higher than three years ago.

In the United States, the Democrats are polling 12% ahead of The Republicans in a generic House ballot.

In the UK, Labour has a modest 3% lead over the Conservatives.

In Australia, Labor starts 2018 with a 6% lead over the Coalition on a two party-preferred basis.

In Canada, Trudeau’s popularity has slid from 40% Preferred PM a year ago to 30% today.

We also carry details of polls on MMP and prostitution as well as business and consumer confidence.

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