BREAKING: The ANC’s support in Gauteng stands at 50%, according to internal party research, leaving the upcoming general election wide open in South Africa’s economic heartland.
In 2014, support for the party dropped by over 10 percentage points to 53% and the party slipped below 50% in the 2016 local government election.
This is in line with the ANC’s own analysis that its voter base has simply stayed away from the polls in the last two elections. According to sources in the party, President Cyril Ramaphosa was the “winning ticket” for the party in the province and has proven popular even among minority groups in the province.
The ANC’s support among Africans, however, remained below expectations and less than the pre-2009 era.The ANC lost control of two metros in 2016 — Johannesburg and Tshwane. Majority of the province’s voters come from these municipalities along with Ekurhuleni.
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