PollTracker: Labour hits the lead

Andy Fyers
The Labour party is ahead of the National party in BusinessDesk's PollTracker for the first time in a year.PollTracker, a time-weighted moving average of all major political opinion polls, has Labour just ahead of National – 35% to 34%.It's the first time since March 2022 that National has not led in the average. Zooming inA closer look at recent developments shows that the resignation of Jacinda Ardern and the quick appointment of Chris Hipkins has worked for Labour.A series of polls have shown support for Labour in the mid...

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