BREAKING: ANC takes Mpumalanga with 70.58% SAElections2019 ElectionResults
At the time of writing this piece, about 75% of all votes cast nationally have been counted. As I predicted, the ANC will receive about 57% of the vote.
The DA lost some ground and will receive just below 22% of the vote. The EFF is still picking up slightly and currently sit around the 10% mark.I also predicted that the FF+ would pick up and they have done so quite dramatically – albeit from a very low base. It was clear to me that many Afrikaans voters who voted DA in the last election did so because they bought the DA's"Let's-unite-against-Zuma" argument. Yet many – particularly in the more northern provinces – never felt 100% comfortable with the DA.
These voters have no problem with Cyril Ramaphosa as president and so went back to a party that they believe represents their needs and concerns – such as language and land.
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