Poll: Cannabis Party 5th most popular party
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According to the latest Roy Morgan poll, the Cannabis Party is ranked as New Zealand's 5th most popular political party behind National, Labour, The Greens and NZ First.

The September 28 - October 11 poll showed that Maori Party, ACT NZ, United Future, Conservatives, Mana Party and Internet Party were all on or below 0.5%.

While the 'Other' section which included the Cannabis Party as well as Ban1080, Democrats for Social Credit, NZ Independent Coalition and Focus New Zealand was up to 1% support.

Party leader Julian Crawford said the majority of the 'Other' section was support for the Cannabis Party.

"Based on the last election results the Cannabis Party would be expected to make up 57% of the 'Other' vote, which equates to 0.57% of the party vote," he said.

"This poll shows that the Cannabis Party is the 5th most popular party in New Zealand, ahead of many parliamentary parties."

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