ANC propped up by older women, while EFF support is 'male and loyal'
PICTURE: LENYARO SELLO Relatively few South African voters switched party allegiance between 2014 and 2016, according to a preliminary report from the University of Johannesburg’s Centre for Social Change.ANC support in the 2016 local government elections was disproportionately older and female, while EFF support was male and particularly loyal, the centre said on Thursday.The findings were not nationally representative, but broadly representative of the sites selected, South African Research Chair in Social Change Prof Peter Alexander said on Thursday. The data indicated that the ANC was likely to face difficulties in the future, due to the ageing nature of its support base, he said.More than 4 300 voters at 21 sites selected in areas where large-scale protests had occurred were asked who they voted for, about their demographic and employment status, as well as participation in various forms of protest activities, among other things "Whereas roughly half of respondents under 25 yea...
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