DA says black support has tripled

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DA says black support has tripled
2011-05-03 16:00

Cape Town - The Democratic Alliance's support among black voters has tripled in the run-up to the May 18 local government elections, party strategist Ryan Coetzee claimed on Tuesday.

"Since the beginning of this campaign, the DA's support among black voters has about tripled," Coetzee told a press conference in Cape Town, citing the party's tracking polls.

He expected the DA to overcome its historical inability to attract the support of more 2% of black voters in the upcoming poll, and to build on that in the next national election.

"The 2% ceiling is going to be smashed."

Coetzee and DA national spokesperson Lindiwe Mazibuko said the surge in support has put the African National Congress on the defensive.

They said the party had given up all attempts to persuade voters it could govern better than the main opposition, and resorted to telling voters the DA was a racist organisation.

'Cracked under pressure'

"This is the first election since 1994 in which the ANC is facing a significant loss of support. It has cracked under the pressure at the first test.

"The ANC's true colours have been revealed: it is a party of racial nationalism that seeks to divide South Africans along racial lines in an attempt to shore up its rapidly eroding support base."

They said the ruling party's reference to race reached new levels at election rallies at the weekend, and singled out senior members' claims that the DA is run by a "madam and two stooges".

Mazibuko said such a comment by Higher Education Minister Blade Nzimande was "typical of how the ANC engages with race".

Coetzee said the party would not retaliate, but stick to its game plan of proving to voters that service delivery was superior in areas governed by the DA.
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http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/Local-Elections-2011/DA-says-black-support-has-tripled-20110503

viva DA, viva :)
 
Leaps and bounds, we'll get there eventually. Even the most uneducated have a breaking point.
 
1->3 = 3x:D
I know I'm going to get accused of ANC fanboism for pointing it this obvious.
 
Mmmm...

The support may've tripled...but off what base? If it was 100K, then they should now be up to 300K...hardly anything to write home about. Would be interesting to know real figures though.
 
CritiKill said:
The support may've tripled...but off what base? If it was 100K, then they should now be up to 300K...hardly anything to write home about. Would be interesting to know real figures though.
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Agreed, you can't count people attending meetings and rallies as cast in stone votes.
 
Its enough to get action in the ANC. A government only acts when under pressure, if votes dont put them under pressure, they have no need to achieve anything, only take from. By the many black voters who have admitted they wont be voting in the near run up, the DA by default benefits and the ANC loses out on possible votes. Turning the tides and giving the opposition more votes, the ANC will be forced to deliver. I dont think itll be enough to put the DA into power, but the DA will be stronger in parliament and the ANC knows they will be watched. If they fail to do anything in the next 4 years, Im hoping their support base will be less than the DA's if not, the people get what they asked for.

If people do not put the government under pressure, we may as well be a dictatorship.
 
Surv0 said:
Its enough to get action in the ANC. A government only acts when under pressure, if votes dont put them under pressure, they have no need to achieve anything, only take from. By the many black voters who have admitted they wont be voting in the near run up, the DA by default benefits and the ANC loses out on possible votes. Turning the tides and giving the opposition more votes, the ANC will be forced to deliver. I dont think itll be enough to put the DA into power, but the DA will be stronger in parliament and the ANC knows they will be watched. If they fail to do anything in the next 4 years, Im hoping their support base will be less than the DA's if not, the people get what they asked for.

If people do not put the government under pressure, we may as well be a dictatorship.
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Well that's it, slowly but surely we're getting there and the ANC is being properly exposed for not delivering, with the DA's campaign centering around how they have delivered.

The process could have been speeded up a bit in the past had the DA taken this stance during their election campaigns, as opposed to the anti-ANC and anti-Zuma ones that they have previously used.
 
Mike Hoxbig said:
Well that's it, slowly but surely we're getting there and the ANC is being properly exposed for not delivering, with the DA's campaign centering around how they have delivered.

The process could have been speeded up a bit in the past had the DA taken this stance during their election campaigns, as opposed to the anti-ANC and anti-Zuma ones that they have previously used.
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Thing is, this is the ANC we're talking about here. Their solution to eroding support may be to not improve their governance but rather to look at comrade Bob's playbook of electioneering. Things could get real ugly real fast. We'll have to wait and see how this election turns out, and more importantly, how the ANC reacts afterwards.
 
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Mike Hoxbig said:
Well that's it, slowly but surely we're getting there and the ANC is being properly exposed for not delivering, with the DA's campaign centering around how they have delivered.

The process could have been speeded up a bit in the past had the DA taken this stance during their election campaigns, as opposed to the anti-ANC and anti-Zuma ones that they have previously used.
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I agree, the Anti-Zuma angle was annoying. But two reasons they did that.

1 - Zuma was a very hot topic at the time, lots of people did not want him to be the President. The DA used that to gain a bit of support from those people.

2 - They did not have a proven track record at the time. They were in charge of a few municipalities, but not the province. They could not claim their progress as theirs alone. The ANC support were able to say that the DA only managed what they did because of the ANC in the province.

Now, with the entire province under DA rule, and most of the municipalities in the province under their control, their success or failure is theirs alone. Hence the We Deliver campaign.

It is however great for them to have a few municipalities outside of a DA province too (Midvaal and Baviaans) just to show the contrast between ANC managed and DA managed.

And the contrast is huge.
 
"Asked why Midvaal was named the best-run municipality by the Gauteng provincial government, Hlongwe said the evaluation was based on administration only and not service delivery."

I totally agree with that statement, the DA are exactly like the ANC in terms of service delivery to the poor, slightly better though than the ANC in terms of delivering services to the rich.

http://www.timeslive.co.za/Politics/article968518.ece/ANC--DA-wants-white-Midvaal
 
2% x 3 = 6%. Still waaaaaaay too little.

Also, i have a friend in the Midvaal, says the ANC has moved a whole lot of underprivileged people into the area = More votes for the ANC in that area.
 
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A lot based on speculation.Let's hope the IEC is fair and voting is not sabotaged like in Zim.In a dream world the DA will do well to get over 30%,reality dictates that the ANC will win again at around + 60%.
 
SinghDude said:
A lot based on speculation.Let's hope the IEC is fair and voting is not sabotaged like in Zim.In a dream world the DA will do well to get over 30%,reality dictates that the ANC will win again at around + 60%.
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You're all assuming that local elections are proportional. They are not. The ANC only has 40% of the electorate supporting it. If the DA gains black voters and decreases non-black voter apathy there exists a very real chance the could control a large share of this country's municipalities by getting the support of 41% of the electorate in certain areas.
 
phaktza said:
You're all assuming that local elections are proportional. They are not. The ANC only has 40% of the electorate supporting it. If the DA gains black voters and decreases non-black voter apathy there exists a very real chance the could control a large share of this country's municipalities by getting the support of 41% of the electorate in certain areas.
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Pipedreams I'm afraid.
 
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