Mayoralty Polls
A lot of searching has dug up the following public Mayoralty polls. I’ve included them in also as a special section in the polling newsletter.
If I’ve missed any out, feel free to add them in as comments.
Waitakere: Herald Digipoll has Bob Harvey on 49% and John Tamihere on 32%
Manukau: Herald Digipoll has Len Brown on 29%, Dick Quax 22% and Willie Jackson 16%
Far North: A Northern Advocate/Curia poll found a tight race with 34% for challenge Wayne Brown and 28% for Mayor Yvonne Sharp.
Whangarei: A Northern Advocate/Curia poll has former Mayor Stan Semenoff on 35% and Mayor Pamela Peters trailing on 19%.
South Taranaki: A Western Institute of Technology poll has
Wanganui: A Wanganui Chronicle/Curia poll found 46% support for Mayor Michael Laws and 28% for John Martin.
Manawatu: A Manawatu Standard/Versus poll has Mayor Heather Tanguay on 38% and Jono Naylor on 30%.
Nelson: Nelson Mail has Kerry Marshall on 18% and 16%
Tasman: Nelson Mail has Richard Kempthorne on 32% incumbent John Hurley on 29%
October 12th, 2007 at 9:29 am
stop banks..!..
(scary thought..!..eh..?..banks as mayor..?..shudder..!..)
run/walk/ride to your nearest post office..!
voting papers in hand..!
phil(whoar.co.nz)
October 12th, 2007 at 9:30 am
but will the opinion polls relate to the voting with voting so low?
What i mean by this is that a lot of a popular candidates supporters (in the poll) may not actually vote.
October 12th, 2007 at 9:34 am
Oh heck, as much as I think Hubbard’s been a woeful mayor for Auckland I actually felt very sorry for him this morning. Blind Freddy could see that it was going to piss down in Auckland today, and it was cold, and it was windy. Almost a Wellington day! And at 8.10, in tiny red stubbies and a black ‘Vote Hubbard’ t-shirt, there was Dick, out walking, the only living soul in the Tamaki Drive no-man’s land between the estuary and Mechanics Bay. Head down, a look of grim, humourless determination on his face, the water cascading off his glasses in sheets. It reminded me of Alastair Cooke talking about Bill Clinton playing golf alone, in the rain, after dark, when his political career was winding down and he just couldn’t see a way through the depression of a job poorly done. It was the loneliest, most pathetic thing I’ve seen in years. And I really did feel very sorry for him.
October 12th, 2007 at 9:34 am
the far north stats fits with the call made to me a week or so ago on the race up there..
by a local reporter/columnist..
mainly that the east/west divide up there is being brought sharply into focus/(campaigned on?) by/in this race..
and his call was that it is close..
but he picks brown to take it on the day..
phil(whoar.co.nz)
October 12th, 2007 at 9:45 am
Wait … do you also live in Hubbard’s Cereal Wonderland of Auckland, philu? Ah, but you don’t pay rates and cover most of his council’s cockups, do you? Bring back Banksie, I say! Heck, pick anybody off the street. They could do a better job than Hubbard.
October 12th, 2007 at 9:46 am
stop banks..!..
(scary thought..!..eh..?..banks as mayor..?..shudder..!..)
run/walk/ride to your nearest post office..!
voting papers in hand..!
Ahh, Phil, I know you cant stand it when your side doesnt win, but that democracy mate. Just like the Ab’s losing to the French last week, and National losing to Labour in 2005 – I didnt like it, but nothing to do but live with it and hope the respective teams get their shit together before the next time round comes.
October 12th, 2007 at 10:02 am
I’d love to see a poll for Wellington but if there has been one anywhere, I missed it.
October 12th, 2007 at 10:15 am
Just curious, the Auckland poll is that the one from about 3 weeks ago?
October 12th, 2007 at 10:16 am
Do you have Hastings?
I think Nixon – the fellow is pushing hard for an International Airport in HB – may be pushing the incumbent Yule hard.
October 12th, 2007 at 10:27 am
I think Hastings and Napier could do with some people who could work together. Old rivalries between the cities is holding them both back
October 12th, 2007 at 10:29 am
I can imagine a lot of leftist people would be disappointed to see John Banks come back being a strong Right politician.
October 12th, 2007 at 10:35 am
Why would anyone want him back? All I have heard is some people don’t like Hubbard, or at least what the council he worked with did and did not do.
What has Banks done?
October 12th, 2007 at 11:25 am
Transmogrified
October 12th, 2007 at 11:44 am
Heh
October 12th, 2007 at 11:46 am
I can imagine a lot of people (fullstop) would be disappointed to see John Banks come back because he’s barking.
October 12th, 2007 at 12:25 pm
Well yes apart from flip-flopping from prick to “nice guy” TM, has he got any more sensible and useful since the judge found him useless in the trial with his ex business partners?
October 12th, 2007 at 12:43 pm
If ever there were a year for a high profile anybody to run for Auckland mayor this was it. Both Banks and Hubbard have despised as proven useless mayors. The minnows are minnows and/or kooks. Why the hell did C&R pick Banks? It is like they wanted to pick a gauranteed one term mayor.[/rant]
October 12th, 2007 at 12:52 pm
Cameron Brewer? Cameron Slater? watch this space.
October 12th, 2007 at 1:04 pm
Cam Brewer is a friend of Banksie. Give him a few years though.
And unaha-closp, C&R did not pick Banksie. They do not endorse a mayoral candidate and Banks is running as an independent.
That’s not to say though, that C&R people won’t be voting for Banksie and vice-versa, i’m sure they will be.
October 12th, 2007 at 4:49 pm
The only reason I’m disappointed to see Banksie elected Mayor is because he will no longer be availiable to run the only early morning talkback worth listening to.
October 12th, 2007 at 6:01 pm
now baxter..you have anoxymoronic issues there..eh..?
“..early morning talkback worth listening to..”
(i mean..you are just being silly there..!..eh..?..)
phil(whoar.co.nz)
October 12th, 2007 at 6:19 pm
Please God, let DPF be wrong about Wanganui. Amen
October 12th, 2007 at 9:11 pm
Inventory2: If God answers your prayer, I’ll sell Him my soul. Oh wait, that’s the other guy…
October 13th, 2007 at 8:23 am
Possibly a little way off the thread, but, has anybody else noticed that ratepayers who live outside of an area have not had their voting papers sent to them this year. I have properties in Auckland city, Hamilton city and Tauranga city and did not get any votes there this year. Friends with beach houses on the Coromandel Peninsula did not get a vote there this year. One friend got a vote at Hahei, but as a family trust owns the property he he had to get four pages of forms signed by no less than a notary public.
I dearly wanted to vote for John Banks as I think the bludging Jafas deserve the bastard.
October 13th, 2007 at 1:30 pm
Inventory
There’s nothing surprising about Michael Laws winning back Wanganui
His protest against gangs was superb PR.
With more and more aucklanders heading to W
October 13th, 2007 at 1:33 pm
with more and more aucklanders heading to Wanganui, Laws is easily going to be holding a very lucrative and prestigious mayoralty.
Be interesting to see what timely initiatives he concocts this time round