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Opinion poll shows narrower gap between New Zealand's National, Labor parties |
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08:59, August 28, 2008 |
New Zealand's opposition National party is shedding support to its chief rival Labor party as the election nears, but it still has enough backing to govern the country alone in the latest Herald-DigiPoll survey.
Like several other polls over the past month, the August Digipoll showed a narrower gap between the two major parties of 13.7 percentage points - far smaller than the 24.6 point difference seen in the same poll in July, the New Zealand Herald reported on Thursday.
National party leader John Key and Labor leader Helen Clark are neck and neck as preferred Prime Minister.
National registers 50 percent support in the poll - still a huge number given that an election is less than three months away.
But the trend will be something of a worry to the party, with its support dropping 5.4 points since July while Labor's has lifted 5.5 points to 36.3 percent.
It is the closest race registered in the DigiPoll since March of this year when there was a 10.6 percent difference.
Translated into seats in the House, National could govern alone with 62 seats in a 122-seat Parliament.
Source:Xinhua
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