Luxon warns voters against RNZ-Reid poll becoming reality
National leader Christopher Luxon has warned voters against making the latest RNZ-Reid Research poll a reality. In a Facebook post, he said that if the poll's result came true, there would be dire consequences for New Zealanders.
The RNZ-Reid Research poll put National on 24.8 percent, below 25 percent. Labour was on 30.6 percent, down 0.2 points and almost five points ahead of National. The Greens were on 14.5 percent, down 0.3 points. ACT rose 1.1 points to 10.1 percent, overtaking New Zealand First.
The poll excluded 57 undecided voters or non-voters. It has a maximum margin of error of plus or minus 3.1 percentage points at a 95 percent confidence level, meaning the true level of support could sit that far either side of each result.
Luxon said there is a lot of variance in polls. He said that if the RNZ poll became reality, it would mean higher taxes for hard-working people, and a Labour government in coalition with the Greens, with Chloe Swarbrick as Finance Minister. He urged voters to give their party vote to National to stop a Labour-Greens outcome. The party vote is the ballot choice for a party rather than a local candidate.
Labour campaign chair Kieran McAnulty said the poll was broadly in line with Labour's internal polling.
National campaign chair Simeon Brown said the election would be very close. He questioned the poll's accuracy, saying it was out of step with most other polls, including National's own polling.
National deputy leader Nicola Willis dismissed the poll as very out of whack with other public polling. She pointed to the 1News-Verian poll from almost exactly the same period. Willis also acknowledged the election was a very close one.
