One News Poll
August 2nd, 2009 at 6:17 pm by David FarrarOne News have had their first poll in four months. I’ve blogged the details at Curiablog.
Guyon Espiner commented that if the Government leads by this much during the worst recession since the 1930s, the fear for Labour must be what might happen next year when presumably the country has come out of recession.
Tags: curiablog, Guyon Espiner, Polls
August 2nd, 2009 at 6:24 pm
The only surprise is that the poll did not put up Cunliffe as PPM.
Vote:August 2nd, 2009 at 6:29 pm
BTW that does not mean parts per million but perhaps it should when referring to Cunliffe.
Vote:August 2nd, 2009 at 6:35 pm
i see act are still powering along on 1%
..and that polling would have been done b4 roger ‘restraint’ douglas was crowned as king trougher..eh..?
..can a party minus poll..?
phil(whoar.co.nz)
Vote:August 2nd, 2009 at 6:46 pm
And this after a tough few weeks for the Govt. on other issues as well as the economy. The opposition are looking increasingly shambolic in the House, Goff is ineffective while Mallard sounds hysterical at times. Labour must be asking themselves what they can try now, as nothing is sticking. Surely they can’t be thinking this is still just a honeymoon and we will all come to our senses shortly?
Vote:August 2nd, 2009 at 6:47 pm
For all those political commentators mulling over Helen Clark’s legacy, I think National continued high polling says it all.
On another topic, does anyone watch TVNZ news through their website living streaming…?
Vote:I have the problem of the feed cutting out after about 7 mins. Has anyone else have this problem…? TV3 streaming works fine – but I can’t stand Duncan Garner.
August 2nd, 2009 at 7:02 pm
Oh puhlease, everyone knows that Nationals success is a result of a leftist feminazi conspriacy…
(sarcasm intended)
Vote:August 2nd, 2009 at 7:05 pm
25%.
Paaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaain.
So much for Mount Albert and the Curry Trap, right Mickey?
Vote:August 2nd, 2009 at 7:17 pm
gee..!..those supporting national..
..are almost the same number of deeply deluded/uninformed..in this poll..
..who think the economy ‘will get better in the next twelve months’..
..(that’s pretty fucken hysterically funny..eh..?..’better i ntwelve months’.?..(snort..!..)
w.t.f. are they smoking..?
..is it that super-skunk i have been warned against..?
..are they related..?
..are they the same people..?
..the happy-clappys..?..the deeply-deluded..?
..and the national supporters..?
phil(whoar.co.nz)
and who the fuck got 25%..?
..can’t you even read/comprehend numbers..?
maybe one of keys’ programmes for the terminally dumb-young might help..?
Vote:August 2nd, 2009 at 7:22 pm
“..can a party minus poll..?”
“..can’t you even read/comprehend numbers..?”
pffft
Vote:August 2nd, 2009 at 7:26 pm
As high as 7% for Goff ? LOL. Fuck’s sake, scoring cheap points against the government during a recession should be like shooting fish in a barrel. Disastrous indeed for labour if they can’t get traction in times like these. Probably means they’ll not only lose the next election ( a certainty) but probably the one after that as well, as they wait for some young talent to fill the ranks. Currently they’ve got nothing there and none visible on the horizon.
Vote:August 2nd, 2009 at 7:29 pm
It’ll be better in 12 months because dumbass Keynesians aren’t in charge. US, UK, Australia et al will be drowning in debt and covered in stagflation. So much for “stimulus” when throwing around cash and chaining your economy up with do-gooder environmentalism will kill any demand anyway.
And yes, phool, 56 minus 31 is 25. I worked it out in my head and everything.
Vote:August 2nd, 2009 at 7:30 pm
Phool do we have to spell everything out for you ? 25% is the lead between National on 56% and labour on 31%. I would suggest you sign up for one of those ACE numeracy courses to help you read/comprehend numbers, but I don’t think it would be able to take hold in what’s left your dope-addled brain.
Vote:August 2nd, 2009 at 7:45 pm
LOL … PhilU just got served… by himself!!
Vote:August 2nd, 2009 at 7:46 pm
So we have 56 minus 31 is 25? yeah that works
Vote:56 plus 31 is about 87 depending on variable arithmetic
base 100
.. 13 missing..
..who are those..
..missing 13..
..eh..
..eh?..
August 2nd, 2009 at 7:47 pm
The mighty bludger phil shit in his own nest……
Vote:August 2nd, 2009 at 7:48 pm
fuckwits, they walk amongst us
Vote:August 2nd, 2009 at 7:54 pm
Phool,
Vote:How much of our money did you get this week?
August 2nd, 2009 at 7:58 pm
and this is what he was claimed yesterday
“..and the school iq test had me second most intelligent in the school..(!)”
Vote:August 2nd, 2009 at 8:17 pm
Phill the “soothsayer”….eh?
The more he predicts…….
…..the more confident I get of the contrary……..eh?
anyone for……
,,,,,Clark will monster Key…..?
Maori will never go with National……..?
ACT will not survive the election……….>?
Lab/Green. MP/Prog government a certainty……..?
Phil, Time of death has been called on ACT mid term consistently for the past 15 years. Fact is….in 2012, there will be ACT MP’s with a job. Most likely implementing the welfare reform and partial privatisation program that Key will successfully campaign on…………….be afraid my bludging friend!
Vote:August 2nd, 2009 at 8:27 pm
“Guyon Espiner commented that if the Government leads by this much during the worst recession since the 1930s, the fear for Labour must be what might happen next year when presumably the country has come out of recession.”
That’s an incredibly simplistic “analysis” for a professional political commentator to offer. Even Mr Espiner must be able to understand that most NZers see Labour’s wasted nine years of financial profligacy (practised under Cullen’s self-proclaimed “prudent fiscal management”) as the great wasted opportunity of modern New Zealand. An opportunity to build future-critical infrastructure; to upgrade investment in educational resources; to amend taxation structures to reward enterprise, investment and saving; and to lighten the state’s suffocating share of the country’s GDP.
There’s a ready explanation for what to Espiner is a surprising level of support for the Government. Most New Zealanders do not blame National for the global recession, probably regard our Government as doing a better job to blunt its effects than governments in other western countries, and certainly regard the previous Labour Government as having left NZ less well equipped to deal with recession than any prudent manager would have done.
Vote:August 2nd, 2009 at 8:29 pm
I loved Espiner’s other comment – that Goff was polling only slightly higher than Helen Clark who is “no longer in the country, and not even in politics any more” – classic!!
Vote:August 2nd, 2009 at 8:46 pm
Annette ‘full moon’ King was just spotted filling up the barbie gas bottle after the news tonight.
But how do we keep Goff in his job? Can JK or Bill start asking him some patsies in the house..
Vote:August 2nd, 2009 at 9:07 pm
I wonder if Liarbore have heard of the Japanese tradition of suppuku where one disembowels ones self, my brother in-law works in a freezing works and can get bulk knives. Will be happy to supply Liarbore party members.
Vote:August 2nd, 2009 at 9:43 pm
Message to Goff.
“Don’t change a thing!”
We love you.
Vote:August 2nd, 2009 at 9:59 pm
I’m so taken with that nice Mr Goff that I filled in the letter he put in my postbox and sent it off to him. I understand that it will cost him money from his taxpayer funded monies, but I thought that it was better that I cause it to be spent than let him waste it on something else.
Vote:I indicated- completely honestly- that I fully supported him, and I do. He is the best Leader of the Opposition we could have, and I hope that he stays in that job for years.
August 2nd, 2009 at 10:05 pm
I can see why phool comes to kiwiblog to try to get some attention – no-one’s commented on a single one of the posts on the front page of his linkwhoar site, last comment he got was on the 11th July (!) for a post about Cadbury vs Whittakers chocolate.
..eh?..
Vote:August 2nd, 2009 at 10:27 pm
That’s a lie, Put it away. He said that his blog is rated in the top 100 in the world by Technorati, and there’s no reason why I should not believe that from someone as intelligent and truthful.
Vote:August 3rd, 2009 at 3:19 am
The Labour Party is under real pressure to remain relevant.
They continue to use tactics that were relevant at the start of the ‘Great Control Phase’.
Leak, Lies, Smear.
The problem they have is one of constantly being found to be lacking in veracity.
The entire Electorate, has a right to the truth. They are unable to provide, let alone continue with the truth
This Labour Party needs to adjust its motto to “Mala fide – malum in se”,
Vote:(In bad faith – evil in itself ).
August 3rd, 2009 at 7:25 am
Did anyone notice the grotesque apparition on TV1 News reporting on this poll?
An elevated camera zoomed in on a huge head with moving mouth, atop a puny scrawny frame with strange waving enormous hands. Reminded me of a premature polled Hereford calf, born dead. Facial tendons were exposed in a Belsen like caricature.
I think it had a name – Guyon Espiner.
Vote:August 3rd, 2009 at 7:48 am
Adolf you freak, you really do have sociopathic tendencies. Too much shemale porn?
[DPF: 20 demerits]
Vote:August 3rd, 2009 at 8:42 am
To those contributors to kiwiblog interested in my comments concerning this poll all that I can say is that there is up to two years and three months before the next election and in political terms this is a long time.
Vote:August 3rd, 2009 at 8:47 am
thanks micky. we’ve been loitering anxiously awaiting your comments on this.
Vote:August 3rd, 2009 at 9:01 am
getstaffed
My pleasure. Good to see that kiwiblog readers appreciate and treasure my comments : )
Vote:August 3rd, 2009 at 9:48 am
mickysavage – its a rogue poll right?
Vote:August 3rd, 2009 at 10:28 am
DPF, I think if you look at polling in the past 30 years, Labour tend to find themselves in power when the economy is recovering. I think it’s a hangover from the Lange Government that reversed the trend set by the Savage Government.
National inherited a struggling economy in 1990 and when the books were healthy, Labour got in. It could be the psychology of “OK, we’ve suffered enough, now share it around” that influences voters to vote Labour in.
If National don’t play it smart, their work to recover the economy could play straight into Labour’s lap.
Vote:August 3rd, 2009 at 10:40 am
Coming to power during a recession is often a good opportunity to instigate some changes that might be harder to justify otherwise. If you know that the economic cycle is due to improve within a year or two, you can then take the credit for your ideas and portray opponents as out of touch. In this respect the Key and Rudd governments and Obama administration are looking good for re-election.
Vote:August 3rd, 2009 at 11:14 am
Krudd would look good because the free money he’s chucking out is actually going into pokey machines. President Wonderful’s financial bribes? Not so much. It’s stalling, if anything.
Vote:August 3rd, 2009 at 3:36 pm
“I loved Espiner’s other comment – that Goff was polling only slightly higher than Helen Clark who is “no longer in the country, and not even in politics any more” – classic!!”
As were his words to the effect that “Goff is botherring the pollsters on 7%”.
Vote:August 3rd, 2009 at 5:03 pm
“Labour must be asking themselves what they can try now, as nothing is sticking. Surely they can’t be thinking this is still just a honeymoon and we will all come to our senses shortly?”
Actually, given their Socialist arrogance, that is precisely what they would be thinking. And long may they continue to do so!
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