One Third of South African Voters Still Undecided, Poll Finds
- Quarter of respondents in new poll haven’t decided who to back
- Most surveys show ruling party will lose majority on May 29
Election posters in Pretoria, South Africa on April 30.
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Almost a third of likely South African voters canvassed in a new opinion poll said they hadn’t decided who to support in next week’s elections or refused to disclose a preference, creating uncertainty over the expected outcome.
While a series of previous surveys indicate that the ruling African National Congress will lose its majority for the first time since taking power in 1994, they largely omitted undecided respondents. That means the predictions could be unreliable, Afrobarometer, a well known pan-African survey group, said Wednesday after conducting its own telephonic poll of 1,800 South Africans.