Topic · social
Preferred Prime Minister Rankings
4 posts
· 1,500 engagement
· first seen 12 May 2026
· last seen 6 Aug 2026
Polling that tracks which individual New Zealanders would most like to see serve as Prime Minister, typically comparing the leaders of the major parties and used as a measure of personal political popularity alongside party-vote figures.
Stance breakdown
How the per-edge framings classify across 3 classified edges. Each framing is labelled by a small AI stance classifier; see the methodology page for details.
Supportive
1
Neutral / explainer
2
Sentiment breakdown
Whole-post emotional valence across 3 classified posts that reference this topic. Distinct from stance: a post can be supportive of the topic and still negative in tone (an angry supporter) — the two together capture the texture short-form posts compress into very few words.
Platform mix
Where the conversation is happening. Engagement is volume-weighted (likes + 2×shares + 3×replies); a small number of high-impact posts can outrank a high-volume but low-engagement platform.
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facebook
2 posts
· 1,472 engagement
1,472
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twitter
1 post
· 22 engagement
22
Top posts by engagement
The most-engaged posts referencing this topic. Engagement is likes + 2×shares + 3×replies; the order matches the digest ranking on /social.
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facebook
· taxpayersunion
· sentiment: negative
· ♥ 248
· ↻ 9
· 💬 248
· 1,010 engagement
9 Jul
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facebook
· taxpayersunion
· sentiment: negative
· ♥ 153
· ↻ 12
· 💬 95
· 462 engagement
6 Aug
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twitter
· @TaxpayersUnion
· reply
· sentiment: neutral
· ♥ 6
· ↻ 5
· 💬 2
· 22 engagement
6 Aug