POLL: ANC on decline, EFF losing support to MKVoter support for South Africa’s ruling African National Congress slipped further before next month’s election, a new opinion poll showed, with the Economic Freedom Fighters leaking votes to a new party backed by former President Jacob Zuma.
The ANC has the support of 40.2% of voters, pollster Ipsos said in a report released on Friday. That compares with 40.5% in a survey published on Feb. 6, and 43% in October. In the last election in 2019, the ANC garnered 57.5% of the vote.
“The ANC, long the dominant force in the country’s politics, is struggling to impress voters,” Ipsos said in a statement. “Nationally, only 38% believe that the ANC will live up to their election promises.”
