Photo: RNZAct leader David Seymour has overtaken National Party leader Judith Collins as preferred Prime Minister in a new UMR poll, a result described as "unprecedented" by the polling company. The UMR July poll for showed Seymour had risen to 12 per cent as preferred Prime Minister, leapfrogging Collins who was on 10 per cent. The poll noted that was "an unprecedented result" in its poll - the first time an Act leader had out-polled a National Party leader. It said 15 per cent of National voters had picked Seymour as a preferred PM: "David Seymour can now claim to be preferred Opposition leader." Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern was riding well above all contenders on 55 per cent: her tally included 15 per cent of National voters.

Source: Otago Daily Times July 08, 2021 04:07 UTC