Voters say National made the wrong call keeping Luxon, poll finds

Forty-five percent of voters believe the National Party made the wrong choice by retaining Christopher Luxon.

Luxon’s net approval rating has plummeted to negative twenty-two point nine percent.

Seventy-eight percent of National voters still support Luxon despite his widespread unpopularity with the general public.

Nearly forty percent of respondents could not identify a single preferred alternative leader for the party.

Labour currently holds a five percentage point lead over National as the November seventh election approaches.

National leadership survived two caucus confidence votes in twenty twenty-six despite half of voters reporting poor performance.