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I thought the main “deciders” in an election were which way the undecideds end up going, how many of the undecideds don’t vote (“can’t decide so won’t bother”, “I’m lukewarm so won’t bother”, “they don’t deserve it but I won’t vote for the others”) and how many decided voters don’t vote – especially important for the struggling side as the Dems know for November. Activating the base is a key strategy.

[DPF: That is an incorrect assertion]

Hah…oh right, so i should let the experts formulate my opinion and i just BAA along in unison with the rest of the sheeple come voting time . Looking foolish is not something i give 2 shits about eh… especially not online

Partisan ? ohh now isn’t that a classic black kettle calling the pot out moment. FWIW I’m no more a Goff fan as i am a Key one and no, IN MY OPINION, this isnt about the reliability of internet panels as being representative of the overall population

this is about you calling this poll out cos it shows your beloved National party slipping in the polls and if it had showed them hovering about the 60% you prolly would have held it up as proof of the good work and massive public support Key has….PFFFT.

spin it all you like but you’re obviously not as clever as you think you are and it’s foolish to even pretend you can fool us into thinking you are…

you’re sooo transparently partisan it’s laughable, but i suppose if i was paid to be, i would be too.

so yeah using your ipredict skills, how about answering this…what do you think is gonna happen to Key’s popularity after the 20% GST price gouge/increase and the introduction of the ‘fatcat’ taxcuts ?

especially if you factor in Auckland confidence shows steep dive or this Auckland confidence shows steep dive

I’d like to see Smile and Wave and Blinglish cast their magic trickle down economic policy wand over that and make it all disappear.

For all the bullshit, the people in that poll still don’t rate Key and his gov’t that highly, Goff even less and for a lot of people the jury is still out on who they’d vote for.

Sounds like a fair snapshot off the public mood.

And what do you think is gonna happen to Key’s popularity after the 20% GST price gouge/increase and the introduction of the ‘fatcat’ taxcuts ?

[DPF: Try not to talk on topics you obviously know nothing about. You look foolish. This is not about picking polls that favour one side - I know you can;t imagine in your partisan brain any other explanation though. This is about the reliability of Internet panels as being representative of the overall population]

Something many polls seem to leave out is the undecideds, who I thought would be some of the more important voters. Polls showing National 50, Labour 30, Greens, Act, Maori etc adding up to most of the rest, they are ignoring undecided, which are the ones that will actually decide the outcome of an election.

Plus, beyond the undecideds are those who won’t participate. How many more % will be in that category? Nine times out of ten I won’t do a political poll, it’s pointless as I don’t make my mind up until the day I vote.