{"id":75172,"date":"2025-10-13T07:00:09","date_gmt":"2025-10-13T07:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/75172\/"},"modified":"2025-10-13T07:00:09","modified_gmt":"2025-10-13T07:00:09","slug":"voters-approval-for-leaders-of-national-and-labour-dropping-significantly-poll","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/75172\/","title":{"rendered":"Voters approval for leaders of National and Labour dropping significantly – poll"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Prime<\/p>\n

\nVoters were asked whether they approved or disapproved of how Luxon and Hipkins were handling their jobs as Prime Minister and as leader of the Labour Party. (File photo)
\nPhoto: RNZ\n<\/p>\n

A new poll shows voters approval for the leaders of the two most major parties is dropping significantly.<\/p>\n

The latest 1News Verian poll has Prime Minister Christopher Luxon with an overall approval rating of -14, down from -7 in March. Meanwhile, Labour leader Chris Hipkins scored +1, still in the positives, but a 15 point drop from a result earlier this year.<\/p>\n

Voters were asked whether they approved or disapproved of how Luxon and Hipkins were handling their jobs as Prime Minister and as leader of the Labour Party.<\/p>\n

Thirty-eight percent of voters approved of Luxon, while 52 percent disapproved, giving an overall score of -14. This is his lowest approval rating as Prime Minister.<\/p>\n

Forty-two percent of voters approved of Hipkins while 41 percent disapproved, giving an overall score of +1, a drop from his March\/ April rating of +16.<\/p>\n

It comes after a Taxpayers’ Union Curia poll had National below 30<\/a> last week.<\/p>\n

The party vote remained largely unchanged since the last 1News Verian poll in August.<\/p>\n

National was steady on 34 percent support, while Labour was down 1 point, now at 32 percent.<\/p>\n

The Greens are up 1 point at 11 percent while New Zealand First is steady on 9 percent and ACT is also steady on 8 percent.<\/p>\n

Te P\u0101ti M\u0101ori is down 1 point, to 3 percent. The party would hold onto its 6 seats if it held onto its 6 electorates.<\/p>\n

Under these numbers, the National\/ACT\/NZ First coalition would have 63 seats, while the parties on the left would have 60 – slightly more than the last poll but still not enough to govern.<\/p>\n

The poll was taken between October 4 and October 8. 1014 eligible voters were polled by mobile phone (500) and online (502). The maximum sampling error is approximately +3.1 percent-points at the 95 percent confidence level.<\/p>\n

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