Poll: Greens' support drops

The Green Party would be out of Parliament in the event of a snap election, according to the latest television poll figures released last night.

National still leads the poll with 54 per cent support, but Labour closed the gap, now at 33 per cent, the TV One Colmar Brunton poll said.

However, the Green Party dropped to 4.3 per cent, below the 5 per cent threshold for entering Parliament under MMP.

The Act Party was up to 3.2 per cent and the Maori Party was at 2.7 per cent.

Prime Minister John Key remains atop the preferred prime minister stakes, with 50 per cent support.

Labour leader Phil Goff was up slightly but still well behind, at 9 per cent.

Meanwhile, most people (70 per cent of those polled) thought the economy would get better, 16 per cent believed it would stay the same and 13 per cent believed it would get worse.

- NZPA