Poll: Labour undented by second covid lockdown

Poll: Labour undented by second covid lockdown
The second nationwide lockdown in response to covid-19 has had almost no negative impact on the Labour Party, which continues to poll strongly enough to govern without coalition partners if it chooses.Tonight's One News-Colmar Brunton poll puts Labour on 48 percent support, down 5 points on the One News poll published in late July and before the date of the election was postponed from last weekend to Oct. 17, following a covid outbreak in Auckland that pushed the country into lockdowns that are easing this week.Its primary opponent, the Nat...

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