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New Zealand's latest polls make tough reading if you are Jasina his Prime Minister Ardern in this country . A study by 1 News/Kantar found that his two right-leaning parties could form a coalition to push Ardern out of power. The leader of the New Zealand Labor Party, who has been in power since 2017, has fallen three percentage points in the polls but remains eight points behind opposition leader Christopher Luxon, who leads the center-right National Party. Ardern's party trails the People's Party by four points, and his ACT party on the right is his 11%.
Labor won a landslide victory in his final election of 2020, winning a majority.
This changed New Zealand's voting system in 1996.
Ardern's popularity was largely driven by her impressive response to the COVID-19 pandemic, but what has gone wrong since then?
Various polling statistics, drawn from a number of organizations, including market research firms, labor unions and think tanks, reveal just how much Ms. Ardern's ratings have fallen.
After six months, the figure fell below her 60%, as pollster Roy Morgan showed.
Later, by October 2021, 46% of respondents told the same pollster that they felt the country was heading in the right direction, compared to 44.5% who were wrong.
Since early 2022, the majority of A poll found that more people in New Zealand believe the country is on its way to the next stage. Wrong direction.
Her most recent July poll by Roy Morgan found that 40% approve of Ardern's government and 51% disapprove.
In April this year, Ms Ardern said her record-low polls were "probably the price" she had to pay to keep New Zealand safe after her pandemic. .
After her initial response to the health crisis was praised, many in the country were frustrated by the continued stringent measures.
The pandemic has also hit New Zealand's economy. Inflation now puts her cost of living at risk at 7.3%, her highest in the country in 32 years.
According to a Kantar poll released this week, 49% of New Zealanders believe the country's economy will deteriorate over the next 12 months.
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Economists at Goldman Sachs also warned earlier this month that New Zealand could face a recession.
They warn that if the US goes into a full-blown recession, New Zealand has a two-thirds chance of going down that path.
The Central Bank of New Zealand also stated: However, the pace of global economic growth is slowing.
"The broad tightening of global monetary and monetary conditions is working to dampen spending growth."
Ms Ardern warns of next year's New Zealand elections is pointing.
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Even if it loses popularity, it says "a year is a long time" and is confident that the situation will turn around.
Ardern told reporters this week: one year ago. She was announcing plans to reconnect, and in a week or so Delta arrived.
"It feels like three years have passed for him since that period. A year is a long time for him in this current environment and he has a lot to do. That's what I focus on."
