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<\/a><\/p>\nThe poll was conducted between 18 April and 25 April 2019. The sample was fully demographically representative and comprised only registered voters. A total of 2,375 respondents were questioned.<\/p>\n
As with all pre-election polls, the findings are not a prediction, but represent a snapshot of the electorate as they stand at any given period of time.<\/p>\n
The IRR itself stresses this point, saying that the numbers presented in the poll “are not absolutely definitive”.<\/p>\n
The group further points to a 2.8% national margin of error, which means, for example, the DA \u2013 which comes out with 21.3% \u2013 could be on 18.5% or 24.1%.<\/p>\n
“In the last few weeks of an election one does see movement among the electorate, as undecided voters make their final choice and bigger parties,” the IRR said. ” This poll came out of the field with 14 days of the election period still to go, a time during which further change is likely.”<\/p>\n
The full table of parties and responses is below:<\/p>\n
Trends<\/strong><\/p>\n Looking at all pre-election polls published in 2019 so far, they all show the same key trends: the ANC losing support from its position in 2014, with the DA also dropping (though many polls see the party’s support base remaining fairly flat).<\/p>\n The EFF, meanwhile, is expected to show significant growth – from smaller increased of around 3 percentage points, to more than doubling.<\/p>\n While every independent poll follows this similar trend, the DA’s own internal polling tells the opposite story, according to News24<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n The party’s internal polling shows gains among the electorate, polling between 24% and 26%, with the ANC between 56% and 59%.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n