Labour slides steeply in May poll
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2 z+ Y1 @, Q) _& Xwww.chinese.net.nzAny hopes the government had of a Budget bounce back after the election year tax cuts have been dashed with Labour suffering a shock drop in the latest opinion poll.
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) h9 h0 M2 s- e8 ?0 R; c4 wwww.chinese.net.nzLabour's big chance to get back in the running following disappointing poll results over the last few months was Finance Minister Michael Cullen's tax cuts announcement last Thursday.
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But May's ONE News Colmar Brunton poll sees National still flying high on 55% with Labour taking a big fall, dropping down to 29% from 35% last month.
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3 k. `4 D* y1 P7 Z5 Y新西兰,中文网,新西兰中文,纽西兰,奥克兰,基督城,惠灵顿Labour has held its ground at between 34%-35% support since December 2007 while National has continued to extend its support from 50% in the February poll to 54% in April.
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ONE News political editor Guyon Espiner says it appears to be the worst result for Labour in seven years.
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The May poll also shows two other smaller parties making a comeback: the Greens have bounced back up to 7% and New Zealand First is getting close to the magic 5% threshold.
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A party needs 5% to be allocated a proportional share of seats in parliament.
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( l1 \6 V6 }" \; Z0 S新西兰|纽西兰|奥克兰|惠灵顿|基督城Other minor parties are yet to come close to that threshold and would need to rely on electorate seats to remain in parliament.
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/ l' g0 I: V( \. M D* x6 m新西兰中文网,提供新西兰每日新闻,酸甜苦辣,四海同心,房屋出租,招聘广场,交友征婚,留学移民 ,娱乐八卦Assuming they all win their electorate seats, the Maori party gets four, Act two, and United Future and the Progressives one seat each.
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" `- T, k* S5 C V9 ]9 O7 cBased on the latest poll, National would garner 70 seats and Labour 37.
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; J; G" }2 V$ R2 @) K% Ywww.chinese.net.nzAs for preferred prime minister, National Party leader John Key is ahead on 36%, up 1 point on April, while Helen Clark has dropped back one point to 28%.
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Six percent would prefer to see Winston Peters as prime minister compared with 4% last month.