Posts Tagged UMR
December 6, 2009 at 10:20 pm
· Filed under NZ Issues Polls ·Tagged MMP, NZ Issues Polls, UMR
UMR did a poll of 750 New Zealanders from 22 to 27 October 2009.
Favoured alternatives to MMP:
- FPP 29%
- STV 20%
- SM 9%
- Not Know enough 32%
- Unsure 9%
Retain MMP:
- Retain 48%
- Change 40%
- Unsure 11%
Hold $20 million referendum:
Success of MMP (net ratings)
- More Maori MPs +31%
- More co-operation +27%
- Prlt more representative +24%
- More women MPs +22%
- Legislation consulted more +9%
- Stable Govt +7%
- Make MPs listen +1%
- Harder for parties to break word -2%
- Foster national unity -5%
- Sound economic policies -5%
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October 7, 2009 at 1:00 pm
· Filed under NZ Issues Polls ·Tagged media, NZ Issues Polls, UMR
UMR polled 750 New Zealanders from 24 to 27 September on what they think of the NZ media. Very interesting results:
- Only 35% said the NZ media are accurate in reporting the news, with 25% saying inaccurate, 37% neutral and 3% don’t know.
- Over 60s have the lowest score for accuracy – 23% compared to 43% for under 30s.
- 30% say the NZ media are balanced and 30% say they are one-sided.
- 27% say they are willing to admit mistakes, and 46% say they are not willing.
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October 1, 2009 at 2:24 pm
· Filed under NZ Issues Polls ·Tagged UMR, Wanganui, Whanganui
UMR polled 750 New Zealanders from 24 to 27 September 2009 on what Wanganui should be called:
- 62% support Wanganui
- 25% Whanganui
- 13% unsure
- 37% of Maori support Wanganui and 50% Whanganui
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October 1, 2009 at 2:19 pm
· Filed under NZ Issues Polls, Overseas Polls ·Tagged UMR, world leaders
UMR polled 750 New Zealanders from 27 to 30 August 2009 on their views of world leaders:
The net favourable ratings were:
- Barack Obama +82%
- Kevin Rudd +45%
- Angela Merkel +15%
- Nicolas Sarkozy +2%
- Gordon Brown -1%
- Silvio Berlusconi – 16%
- Vladimir Putin -19%
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September 14, 2009 at 9:20 pm
· Filed under NZ Issues Polls ·Tagged Auckland, privatisation, UMR
UMR did a poll of 240 Aucklanders from 13 to 17 August 2009 on the role of the new Auckland Council. Findings:
- 26% want Council to do core services only, while 67% want other services provided.
- Strong opposition to asset sales, specifically 78% against transport facilities such as the port and airport being sold, 82% against parks, libraries, rec facilities being sold, 85% against water supplies being sold
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September 14, 2009 at 9:02 pm
· Filed under NZ Issues Polls ·Tagged credit crisis, Economy, recession, UMR
UMR polled 750 NZers from 27 to 30 August 2009.
Findings:
- 36% think the worst of the recession is over -more so amongst men and higher income earners
- Concern about the crisis for the NZ economy has dropped from 72% in June to 61% in August
- Concern about the crisis for people personally has dropped from 54% in June to 48% in August
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September 14, 2009 at 8:36 pm
· Filed under NZ Issues Polls ·Tagged abortion, cloning, death penalty, divorce, euthanasia, gambling, homosexuality, morality, sex, suicide, UMR
UMR polled 750 NZers from 30 July to 2 August 2009. Findings:
- The most morally acceptable activities were divorce (81%), sex before marriage (77%), birth outside marriage (71%)
- Homosexual relations deemed acceptable by 61%, euthanasia by 55%, abortion by 55% and gambling by 52%
- Least acceptable are human cloning (7%), polygamy (11%), affairs (13%), suicide (20%), animal cloning (27%) and the death penalty (41%)
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August 23, 2009 at 4:20 pm
· Filed under NZ Issues Polls ·Tagged MMP, Parliament, UMR
UMR did a poll from 2 to 6 July 2009 of 750 New Zealanders. Findings include:
- 41% support MMP, 40% FPP, 19% unsure or no preference
- 32% say MMP has had a positive impact, 37% were neutral and 24% said it had a negative impact
- 64% want a referendum on MMP, 26% do not
- 74% support reducing MPs from 120 to 100, 18% do not
- 69% of the 74% support a reduction, even if it means House is no longer fully proportional
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July 26, 2009 at 1:55 pm
· Filed under NZ Issues Polls ·Tagged David Bain, NZ Issues Polls, UMR
UMR polled 750 NZers in June on David Bain.
In early June a net 39% thought he was not guilty. By late June this dropped to 16%.
Of the 47% who think Bain is not guilty, 79% support compensation of $1.5 million.
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July 26, 2009 at 1:38 pm
· Filed under NZ Issues Polls ·Tagged business leaders, NZ Political Party Polls, UMR
UMR polled 750 NZers in June 2009 on favourability ratings of 11 business leaders. Their net favourability ratings were:
- Peter Jackson +81%
- Stephen Tindall +58%
- Mike Pero +48%
- Graeme Hart + 32%
- Rob Fyfe +22%
- Mark Weldon +13%
- Craig Norgate +11%
- Paul Reynolds +8%
- Jonathan Ling +5%
- Eric Watson -4%
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