Support for the ANC is plunging, poll shows
But the opposition is not able to pick up votes from decline
Support for the ANC is shrinking, but it is not clear who is benefiting from the steep decline which is not benefiting opposition parties, a new poll by research firm Ipsos shows. Conducted in May, the poll showed that 47% of those surveyed would vote for the governing party if an election was held the next day. That is a steep drop from the 62% of the vote the party won in the 2014 general election and is also less than the 54% vote cast for it in the 2016 local government elections. The DA would get 21% of the vote, the Ipsos poll showed — below the 27% it achieved in the last local government election and one percentage point below what it won in the general election in 2014. The poll also showed a decline to 5% from the 8.2% the EFF won in the local government elections in 2016. While in the past, opposition parties benefited from ANC infighting and decline, the poll showed that might no longer be the case, said political analyst Ralph Mathekga. "It means you are going to end up...
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