The latest polls show the Coalition is failing to capture the hearts and minds of voters. Roy Morgan tells the story: support for National was down 2 percentage points from a month ago to 29 percent, ACT was unchanged on 10.5 and New Zealand First dropped 2.5 to 7.
In comparison, Labour increased 3 to 34, the Greens were up 2 to 13.5, while the Maori Party dropped 1 to 2.5 percent.
In other words, if an election was held tomorrow, Labour, the Greens and the Maori Party would be in government with 50 percent of the vote - up 4. The Coalition would be relegated to the opposition benches with 46.5 percent, down 4.5 to its lowest level of support this year.
So, what’s going on? Why aren’t the Coalition’s efforts to repair the damage created by that disastrous two-term Labour Government resonating more strongly with voters?
More importantly, why aren’t voters terrified of the prospect of being governed by the toxic trio - the grossly incompetent Labour Party, the extremist Greens, and the racist Maori Party?
