Poll shows DA and ANC losing support in major metro
Research group Ipsos has released the data from its latest survey, predicting that both the DA and the ANC will likely lose support in the hotly-contested Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality.
According to a report by the City Press, the results of the survey showed that:
- 43.4% would vote for the ANC;
- 31.8% would vote for the DA;
- 2.1% would vote for the United Democratic Movement (UDM);
- 7.4% said they would vote for a party other than the ANC or DA;
- 15.3% are unsure of who they will vote for..
The survey was conducted between September and October 2015, where 974 adults above the age of 18 were interviewed in the metro about who they would vote for in the upcoming elections.
While the survey provides some indication of thinking around leadership in the metro, the results also imply that much of the province is undecided.
Nelson Mandela Bay is one of the “big three” metros that are in the spotlight for the 2016 Municipal Elections, with a heated political race between the ANC and DA to capture it.
The other two metros are Tshwane and City of Johannesburg.
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The Nelson Mandela Bay municipality has seen ANC support decline over the years, with the party winning by a small margin of 51.9% against the DA’s 40.1% in 2011.
In the 2014 National the ANC only won 49.2% of the vote, while DA support remained fairly stable around 40.2%.
The latest poll results predict that both parties will lose support, in favour of other parties – most likely the EFF, which has risen in power since entering the political sphere in 2013.
In the 2014 national election, the first-timer EFF managed to win 4.15% of the vote in the metro.
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