EFF 'only party that will grow significantly' as it eats into ANC.
EFF president Julius Malema launched the party's election manifesto in Soshanguve north of Pretoria.The latest election survey by the Institute of Race Relations has found that the EFF may be the only party to gain a significant increase in voter support when South Africa goes to the polls on May 8.
According to the report released on Wednesday‚ the EFF currently stands on 12.2% support nationally‚ which is 5.9 percentage points more than it secured in the 2014 national elections. The IRR says its poll is not a prediction of the outcome of the elections‚ but rather"a snapshot in time" – in this case of the electoral market between February 12 and 26 this year.
The results put the ANC at 54.7% nationally‚ a slight decrease in support since a snap survey conducted in December 2018. Support for the DA remains mainly unchanged since 2014‚ with the party now at 21.8%‚ according to the IRR. The poll also showed that the ANC may not secure a majority in Gauteng‚ with support in the province dwindling to 41.6%. The results show that the DA and the EFF‚ on the other hand‚ have the best chances of growth in the hotly contested province‚ growing to 32.4% and 18.2% respectively.
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