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Rodney Hide Leading in Epsom - Electors Think NZ Labour Encouraging It's Supporters To Vote National Innapropriate
Labour’s encouragement for its supporters in Epsom to vote for National Party candidate Richard Worth may help ACT New Zealand candidate Rodney Hide win the seat. Although still listed on the ballot, Labour candidate Stuart Nash has withdrawn, sparking the call from Labour for its supporters to vote for Richard Worth over Rodney Hide. A special poll, conducted in the seat of Epsom by Roy Morgan Research on September 14, 2005 shows the majority of enrolled voters in Epsom (56%) think that it was inappropriate for Labour to encourage its supporters to vote for the National candidate. A quarter (25%) thought it was appropriate for the Labour Party to encourage its supporters to vote this way, and 19% were undecided. The Special Morgan Poll, conducted on behalf of Awesome Kiwi, shows Mr Hide ahead of Mr Worth in the Electorate Vote — 39% compared with 32% - while 11% of electors in the seat remain undecided. Although Labour Party candidate Stuart Nash has withdrawn, he is attracting 12% of the vote, with the remaining 6% of votes being distributed among other Parties. When those who are undecided on voting intention were asked who they were leaning towards, ten times as many named Mr Worth than did Mr Hide. Gary Morgan says: “If Mr Hide is to turn the electorate of Epsom in his favour, he needs to focus attention on the issue of Labour’s encouragement of its supporters to vote for National Party candidate Mr Worth. With the majority of the electorate believing this action to be inappropriate on behalf of the Labour Party, and a reasonable proportion of the electorate undecided as to how it will vote, Mr Hide still has time between now and Saturday’s election to strengthen his position in Epsom.” These are the findings from the special poll conducted by Roy Morgan Research on Voting Intention in Epsom, which was conducted last night, September 14, 2005, with a cross-section of 475 electors. The survey was conducted on behalf of Awesome Kiwi. For further information:
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