{"id":130184,"date":"2016-07-15T09:23:52","date_gmt":"2016-07-15T07:23:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=130184"},"modified":"2016-07-15T09:23:52","modified_gmt":"2016-07-15T07:23:52","slug":"new-poll-reveals-who-is-likely-to-win-joburg-tshwane-and-nelson-mandela-bay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/government\/130184\/new-poll-reveals-who-is-likely-to-win-joburg-tshwane-and-nelson-mandela-bay\/","title":{"rendered":"New poll reveals who is likely to win Joburg, Tshwane and Nelson Mandela Bay"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As the 2016 elections draws closer, the latest polls show a tighter race in one of the three most contested metros &#8211; though many remain undecided on the outcome.<\/p>\n<p>The latest election polls from Ipsos and eNCA show that ANC support in Nelson Mandela Bay and the City of Johannesburg is increasing &#8211; while the City of Tshwane is still tipped in the DA&#8217;s favour.<\/p>\n<p>Despite an uptick in votes for the ANC in the two former metros, the DA is still seen as the leader across all three.<\/p>\n<p>The polls surveyed a demographically representative group of people made up of adults across all racial groups (majority black \u2013 74%) between the ages of 18 and over 50, from low to middle income households.<\/p>\n<p>In the first week poll, the results showed that the DA would win two of the three most hotly-contested metros \u2013 Nelson Mandela Bay and Tshwane, with Johannesburg still under the control of the ANC.<\/p>\n<p>By week six &#8211; with many protests and scandals in the interim &#8211; the picture is very different.<\/p>\n<p>Here are the latest results:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tshwane<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>DA: <strong>39.24% (<span style=\"color: #008000;\">+0.21<\/span>)<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>ANC: <strong>25.26% (<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">-0.80<\/span>)<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>EFF: <strong>11.96% (<span style=\"color: #008000;\">+1.11<\/span>)<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Undecided: <strong>12.64% (<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">-3.71<\/span>)<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a  data-lightbox=\"post-image\" href=\"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Tshwane-Week-6.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-new-size wp-image-130192\" src=\"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Tshwane-Week-6-640x366.png\" alt=\"Tshwane Week 6\" width=\"640\" height=\"366\" srcset=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Tshwane-Week-6-640x366.png 640w, https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Tshwane-Week-6-300x172.png 300w, https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Tshwane-Week-6-768x440.png 768w, https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Tshwane-Week-6.png 1013w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Johannesburg<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>DA: <strong>34.73% (<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">-1.04<\/span>)<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>ANC: <strong>31.05% (<span style=\"color: #008000;\">+0.18<\/span>)<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>EFF: <strong>8.91% (<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">-0.83<\/span>)<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Undecided: <strong>15.80% (<span style=\"color: #008000;\">+0.30<\/span>)<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a  data-lightbox=\"post-image\" href=\"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Joburg-Week-6.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-new-size wp-image-130190\" src=\"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Joburg-Week-6-640x369.png\" alt=\"Joburg Week 6\" width=\"640\" height=\"369\" srcset=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Joburg-Week-6-640x369.png 640w, https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Joburg-Week-6-300x173.png 300w, https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Joburg-Week-6-768x443.png 768w, https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Joburg-Week-6.png 1018w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Nelson Mandela Bay<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>DA: <strong>41.95% (<span style=\"color: #008000;\">+0.20<\/span>)<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>ANC: <strong>27.15% (<span style=\"color: #008000;\">+5.99<\/span>)<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>EFF: <strong>8.35% (<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">-1.25<\/span>)<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Undecided: <strong>15.36% (<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">-0.91<\/span>)<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a  data-lightbox=\"post-image\" href=\"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/NMB-Week-6.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-new-size wp-image-130194\" src=\"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/NMB-Week-6-640x376.png\" alt=\"NMB Week 6\" width=\"640\" height=\"376\" srcset=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/NMB-Week-6-640x376.png 640w, https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/NMB-Week-6-300x176.png 300w, https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/NMB-Week-6-768x451.png 768w, https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/NMB-Week-6.png 1010w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">More on polls<\/h3>\n<p><strong><a title=\"Permalink to Latest election polls show DA winning three major SA metros\" href=\"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/government\/129598\/latest-election-polls-show-da-winning-three-major-sa-metros\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Latest election polls show DA winning three major SA metros<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a title=\"Permalink to New poll shows DA winning Tshwane and Nelson Mandela Bay\" href=\"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/government\/127143\/anc-vs-da-vs-eff-in-tshwane-joburg-and-nelson-mandela-bay\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">New poll shows DA winning Tshwane and Nelson Mandela Bay<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As the 2016 elections draws closer, the latest polls show a tighter race in one of the three most contested metros &#8211; though many still remain undecided on the outcome.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":122531,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[26,4044],"class_list":["post-130184","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-government","tag-headline","tag-poll"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/130184","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=130184"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/130184\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":130212,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/130184\/revisions\/130212"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/122531"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=130184"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=130184"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=130184"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}