1/ My sincere apologies for the delay. Here is the full ANC picture as promised, continuing from the thread below which already does Limpopo, Mpumalanga, Free State and North West.
7/ Note on the Eastern Cape: The Eastern Cape continues to be good for the ANC post-Zuma, with the notable exception of Walter Sisulu yesterday where the ANC got smacked. Probably local dynamics at play. @waynesussman?
8/ Western Cape: 10 wards
ANC %
Cape Town 14: 14% (+7)
Cape Town 51: 47% (-25) Independent up
Cape Town 88: 46% (-25) DA/EFF up
Saldanha 13: 13% (+2)
Paarl 3: 15% (+3)
George 8: 4% (-10)
George 14: 5% (-11)
George 17: 4% (-12)
George 27: 1% (-2)
9/ Interesting observation that GOOD took from both the ANC and the DA in George!
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1/ So let's talk about the ANC. A couple of high-level views:
- It's pretty obvious there are no big shifts. Stable to up for the ANC in aggregate.
- Should be noted that many wards were not contested by all the other parties, so the ANC numbers probably a little inflated.
By far the most interesting and important one to watch during this election.
With my best-guess assumptions:
ANC - 48
DA - 31
EFF - 12
ANC biggest for sure, but it's close between ANC and 50. Could go either way.
2/ Let's start by looking at recent electoral history in Gauteng (ANC-DA-EFF):
2011: 60-33-0
2014: 55-29-10
2016: 46(!)-37-11
So the ANC went-14% between 2011 and 2016. Two reasons: Turnout and massive township losses.
3/ Turnout is one of the reasons why the ANC is losing % in GP. The DA base turns out like crazy, the ANC base doesn't and I think it'll happen again this year. Turnout % (suburban-township):
Special note: That's -14% for the ANC in 5 years (!) and all going to the EFF. LM is crucial for EFF.
3/ The ANC has historically been incredibly dominant in Limpopo because of demographics. The black electorate is roughly 2.45 mn of the 2.55 mn voters in Limpopo.
In the past, when the ANC was almost uncontested in the townships, it therefore won enormous majorities in Limpopo