OPINION: DA warnings of an ANC-EFF coalition in the Western Cape are nonsense | MelanieVerwoerd
2019-04-24 05:00
The question is whether or not any of these statements hold any truth. It is useful to look at some of the election statistics of the Western Cape. There are just over 3.1 million registered voters in the province . This is an increase of about 100 000 voters or 3% from the 2016 local government elections.
Elections are not for the faint hearted and if the last election is anything to go by, the vast majority of these parties will not win any seats in the provincial legislature and thus lose their deposit. In 2014 almost half of the parties received less than 1 500 votes. So in theory, it could be argued that voting for those parties could be a waste of a vote.
However, I think I can say with 100% certainty that the FF+ would not join an ANC-EFF coalition. The GOOD party might agree to join, but such a coalition would still fall well short of 50%.Why then go down this route? There is an additional reason why the DA is using crude fear mongering in the Western Cape, despite the fact that the they will definitely be the majority party in the Western Cape and most probably get more than 50% of the vote.
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