If the DA succeeds in persuading opposition voters they should not support the other parties, those parties may die.
Do opposition voters know how this country’s system of choosing representatives works? If they do, they will ignore the latest attempt by the Democratic Alliance to misinform them.
Splitting the vote is a problem in democracies with constituency systems. This was the method used in all-white elections here and later for coloured and Indian voters who took part in tricameral parliament elections under apartheid. In the National Assembly, there are 400 seats, so any party that wins one quarter of one percent gets a seat. In Gauteng, there are 73; any party that wins 1.4% wins a seat.
So, if you aim to deny the ANC a majority, there may be an argument for voting for an opposition party which you expect to win seats – even if it is not your first choice – so that your vote is not “wasted”. There is no argument for voting for the DA if all you want to do is deny seats to the ANC.
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