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Dawn Chorus: Luxon painting himself into an unpopular and power-less corner
TL;DR: Christopher Luxon’s decision to rule out National governing with Te Pāti Māori and to sound a Don Brash-like ‘one person, one vote’ alarm appears to be painting his party’s and his own support into a more extremist and less popular corner with fewer pathways to governing after the October 14 election.
The latest Newshub-Reid Research poll out last night shows support for both National and Labour falling, with Green and ACT support virtually unchanged and the two blocs virtually tied, while Te Pāti Māori rose to 1.7 points to 3.5% and TOP rose 0.5% to 2.0%. Luxon’s own support as…
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