Poll of polls shows Labour on perilous downhill slope

Poll of polls shows Labour on perilous downhill slopeThe long-term trend in opinion polls has been up for National and down for Labour. From an average lead over National of 10 percentage points early in the last election year, 2005, Labour goes into the final months of this election… [NZ Politics]

Colin James writes in the Herald today about the over-arching trend in the polls. The news is all bad for Labour.

The Herald is going to be running a Poll of Polls and this first one shows a massive 25 point gap.

WOBH has also been leaked Labour’s campaign song and video due for release shortly.

 

  • coge

    These trends started after the 2002 election so they are twice as long as the article suggests.

    In stock market terms these longterm trends take over 120 days to reverse, so Clark should call the

    election this afternoon (for an optimal result for Labour) or face a catastrophic result in a few months time.