Elections2019: Will ANC's irregular heartbeat in Eastern Cape keep DA at bay?
Port Elizabeth - Since the dawn of democracy the African National Congress in the Eastern Cape has always dominated the polls and were guaranteed an outright majority. Analyst foresee the party suffering some losses but still maintaining that status quo.
Senior Research Specialist in Democracy at the Human Science Research Council, Professor Joleen Steyn Kotze, said that come May 8 the ANC may see a further decline in electoral support. Meanwhile, Kotze points to electoral trends that have shifted, most notably in the urban areas. During the 2016 local government elections the ANC embarrassingly lost Nelson Mandela Bay, its biggest metro in a province the party considers its heartland.
"For the ANC to restore that trust, it is imperative that service delivery be accelerated under their coalition government. However, given the controversy surrounding the current coalition government, I do not foresee that enough may have been done to restore political trust in the party." Kotze said while the EFF had grown, the party did not make huge inroads in ANC dominated areas in Nelson Mandela Bay during the 2016 local government election. "The DA has shown marginal, but steady growth in ANC strongholds over the last few elections."
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