ANC's Tshwane comeback Governing party claws back some of its electoral setbacks in the metros and seems set for glory Ricky Naidoo, The New Age, Johannesburg, 25 July 2016 The ANC's unleashing of its full election machinery in the party's bid to retain control of the country's key metropolitans seems to be paying dividends. According to the latest ANN7/ C-voter election tracker, there is a significant reversal of fortunes in favour of the governing party as it intensifies its efforts to ensure that the critical Gauteng metros of Tshwane and Johannesburg remain in their hands. According to the latest election tracker prediction, voters in the city of Tshwane have indicated that 45.8% of eligible voters in the metro will back the ANC compared to 42.7% support for the Democratic Alliance and 5.4% for the Economic Freedom Fighters in the upcoming local polls. Welcome news The latest polling data for Tshwane will no doubt be welcome news for the ANC following weeks of internal turmoil linked to the party's selection of former public works minister in the Thabo Mbeki administration, Thoko Didiza, as its mayoral candidate. The announcement of Didiza as mayoral candidate resulted in unprecedented scenes of internal party opposition as supporters of incumbent Kgosientso Ramokgopa went on the rampage to force a reversal of Didiza's nomination. However, the latest election tracker prediction seems to suggest that Didiza's intensive campaigning is winning the hearts and minds of the metro's electorate. Of concern to the ANC will be the prediction that with less than nine days to go before the local polls, the party still does not command a clear majority in the metro. In the 2011 local polls, the party won the support of 55.3% of the electorate compared to the current prediction of 45.8%. The shift in support for the DA from 38.6% in 2011 to predicted 42.7% will be of concern to the ANC, creating a possibility of the party being forced into coalition talks in the event that it did not win a decisive majority. The election tracker also indicates that the emergence of the EFF in this year's poll has also cost the ANC support, and is another contributing factor in its bid to obtain a decisive majority. Johannesburg rosy The picture for the ANC in another hotly contested metro, Johannesburg, presents a more rosier picture for the party. The latest election tracker prediction for the metro indicates that the ANC will command 50.7% of support from the electorate compared to the DA's 35.6% and EFF's 7.3%. The shift towards the ANC this week is no doubt significant and could be attributed to the impact of the ANC's election campaign kicking into top gear. Last week, the ruling party could only muster 39.7% supports compared to the DA's 42.6% and the EFF's 10.3%. Final push In the 2011 local polls, the ANC received 58.5% support compared to the DA's 34.6%. In the coming days both parties will make a final push to increase their supports for the country's economic heartland. In terms of the latest polling data, the ruling party is also winning the hearts and minds of the metro's electorate with regard to service delivery. The ANC received 48.3% voter confidence in its capacity to deliver quality services compared to the DA's 34% and the EFF's 9.7%. [email protected] From: http://tnaepaper.co.za/DRIVE/main%20edition/25072016/epaperpdf/5.pdf __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 13854 (20160725) __________ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com -- -- You are subscribed. This footer can help you. Please POST your comments to [email protected] or reply to this message. You can visit the group WEB SITE at http://groups.google.com/group/yclsa-eom-forum for different delivery options, pages, files and membership. To UNSUBSCRIBE, please email [email protected] . You don't have to put anything in the "Subject:" field. You don't have to put anything in the message part. All you have to do is to send an e-mail to this address (repeat): [email protected] . --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "YCLSA Discussion Forum" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/yclsa-eom-forum. To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/yclsa-eom-forum/002401d1e63d%24821b5d40%24865217c0%24%40com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
