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Labour support down in latest poll

08:48 am on 15 August 2014

A new political poll has the Labour Party falling to 22.5 percent support, down 2.4 points, while National is virtually unchanged from its July poll on 55 percent.

The Stuff /Ipsos poll shows the Greens 11.3 percent, Internet-Mana lifiting to 2.1 percent and the Conservative Party rising to 3.4 percent, level pegging with New Zealand First.

Leader of the Labour Party David Cunliffe. Photo: RNZ / Diego Opatowski

John Key is, at 54.3, percent the preferred prime minister, compared with Labour leader David Cunliffe on 12 percent support.

The poll shows a high proportion of undecided voters, at 15.4 per cent.

The poll was taken from Saturday to Wednesday and has a margin of error of 3.1 percent.