NZ's Prime Resigns?

 Anything to take out of New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern resigning?

Well....back in 2017....her party won the election and she entered as the new PM.  When Covid arrived in early 2020....she hyped-up a lot of harsh mandates.  

From Jan 2021....on her party was sitting in polls at 48-percent, and leading over all other parties (the number two party was around 27-percent in polling).

By Jan 2022....her party had fallen to 40-percent in polling (mostly angry voters over Covid mandates)..

By this month (2023)....her party sits in 2nd place at 32-percent.  Based on trends....had she stayed and kept the theme going....they would have been near 25-percent when the election comes up in the fall. 

The opposition party (the National Party) has a 8-point lead.  

What you can say is that what good will that Arden had.....diminished month by month, and she really could not grasp the negative effect, with it all leading back to Covid practices.