3 News Poll 3 - Feb. 2008- Full Details
3 News Poll
Embargoed until 6.00pm Monday 3rd March 2008
Opinion
Poll
Results
19th February– 26th
February 2008
Press Release: 3 News Opinion Poll Results
http://img.scoop.co.nz/media/pdfs/0803/3NewsPoll3March2008.doc
on the basis of the latest poll results
Number of
seats*
Labour 44
National 64
Green Party 9
Maori
Party 4
ACT 1
United Future 1
Jim Anderton
Progressive 1
NZ First -
Total
seats 124
• These figures are based on Progressive, United Future and ACT winning one electorate seat each and the Maori Party winning four electorate seats
http://img.scoop.co.nz/media/pdfs/0803/3NewsPoll3March2008.doc
Research Methodology by TNS Direct
Date poll was
conducted
Interviews were conducted over the period
19th – 26th February 2008
Sample Size
1000
voter eligible New Zealanders aged 18+
Sampling
Technique
Telephone Interviews. Random generation of
telephone numbers with quota sampling to ensure
representative cross section by age, sex and
geography
Sample Coverage
National including rural,
secondary urban and main urban areas
Sample
Error
Maximum of 3.1% expressed at a 95% confidence
level (see below)
Observed Percentages 10% or 90% 20% or
80% 30% or 70% 40% or 60% 50%
Confidence limits +/-
1.9% +/- 2.5% +/- 2.7% +/- 3.0% +/- 3.1%
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ENDS