Election 2023: What the polls said will happen

The polls say Christopher Luxon is in poll position form the govt. Will they be right? (Image: BusinessDesk)
Andy Fyers
The last two weeks of the election campaign included a small flurry of polls being released.The last of these was a Roy Morgan poll released on the Friday before election day, but this was conducted over six weeks starting in early September.Most of the polls showed similar trends, even if the numbers varied slightly, with the average showing:National’s support peaking in mid-September and then either moribund or slightly declining to about 36%.Labour support stuck in the 25% to 28% range with a possible small uptick in the last weeks.Act...

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