The Elections Thread - 7 May 2014

Which party you will vote for in the 2014 election?

  • ANC

    Votes: 13 2.8%

  • DA

    Votes: 379 81.9%

  • COPE

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • EFF

    Votes: 14 3.0%

  • FF+

    Votes: 13 2.8%

  • IFP

    Votes: 2 0.4%

  • NFP

    Votes: 2 0.4%

  • ACDP

    Votes: 5 1.1%

  • AGANG

    Votes: 8 1.7%

  • Other

    Votes: 27 5.8%
  • Total voters
    463
Wesleigh said:
so far the DA is up from the last election and we haven't finished yet

2009 : 2 945 829
2014 : 3 102 374
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Was expecting a larger margin that that though. Looks like most of that growth was in the Western Cape.

:/
 
shogun said:
Was expecting a larger margin that that though. Looks like most of that growth was in the Western Cape.

:/
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Bad news for the DA as well as for the country. If the DA could only manage to convince around 200,000 additional people over a 5 year period to vote for them through their achievements and or way in which they govern then it does not bode well for the future. Seems we really need to hit rock bottom before the minds of the 9 odd million will change to such an extend where the DA will actually will be able to pass the 30/40% mark.

Problem is what that rock bottom will be like, in my mind I thought we were close to it already with all the present scandals and lawlessness of the ruling party. Seems this is but the start and the way down is still very far away.
 
MKFrost said:
Bad news for the DA as well as for the country. If the DA could only manage to convince around 200,000 additional people over a 5 year period to vote for them through their achievements and or way in which they govern then it does not bode well for the future. Seems we really need to hit rock bottom before the minds of the 9 odd million will change to such an extend where the DA will actually will be able to pass the 30/40% mark.

Problem is what that rock bottom will be like, in my mind I thought we were close to it already with all the present scandals and lawlessness of the ruling party. Seems this is but the start and the way down is still very far away.
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:(
 
http://www.news24.com/Elections/News/International-ballot-deadline-looms-20140508

So much for "every vote counts".

If I do a straight line approximation on the data that I've gathered today and use the number of voting districts as the reference the total voter turnout will be 66.19% with the total number of votes cast at 16.8 million. It has been following this pattern very accurately throughout the day. I doubt that they will overtake 17.9 million as suggested in http://www.iol.co.za/news/politics/most-votes-cast-since-end-of-apartheid-1.1685488
 
Why dont they get people from other countries that don't give a **** who wins to count the votes?
 
Update on the international ballots....

Pretoria - International ballot papers not in South Africa before 21:00 on Friday will not be counted, the Electoral Commission of SA (IEC) said.

"The commission made a decision to allow the counting of ballots received by 21:00 tomorrow from international voting stations," chief electoral officer Mosotho Moepya told reporters at the IEC's results centre in Pretoria on Thursday.

Should the ballots not reach the counting venue by the set time, they would not be considered.

"If they miss the deadline, they are sealed, stored away, and not considered in the elections."

International voting district results would thus only be finalised on Friday night.

Over 17 000 votes had been captured from 106 missions, with 10 missions still outstanding.

- SAPA

http://www.news24.com/Elections/News/International-ballot-deadline-looms-20140508
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shogun said:
Was expecting a larger margin that that though. Looks like most of that growth was in the Western Cape.

:/
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I'd estimate we still have about 1 million votes to count, and will end up with the DA at 3 700 000. 800 000 more votes than previously - close to a 30% increase.

Thats awesome I'd say but it looks like those votes just came from COPE. Other than the EFF, it doesnt look like the ANC lost support to other parties?
 
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Wyzak said:
http://www.news24.com/Elections/News/International-ballot-deadline-looms-20140508

So much for "every vote counts".

If I do a straight line approximation on the data that I've gathered today and use the number of voting districts as the reference the total voter turnout will be 66.19% with the total number of votes cast at 16.8 million. It has been following this pattern very accurately throughout the day. I doubt that they will overtake 17.9 million as suggested in http://www.iol.co.za/news/politics/most-votes-cast-since-end-of-apartheid-1.1685488
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Sad that 7 million people didnt vote... imagine 7 million peope voting against the anc, it would bring them under 50%
 
A strike against service delivery / wages almost every day. Yet they vote for the same party that put them in this position in the first place. That's what you call a totally uneducated vote. Milking thee ones who only know one thing.
 
ANC on 50.76% provincial vote in Tshwane with most of the votes there counted. Hope that gives them a waked up to stop f'ing around with name changes...

And they are just under 50% in JHB, but a lost of unreported areas still.

EDIT: And I see my voting station is still unreported, guess there were a lot of us.
 
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Can somebody please explain to me like I'm a 4 year old, why the map is green? Why has ANC won just about every province?
 
Wesleigh said:
Can somebody please explain to me like I'm a 4 year old, why the map is green? Why has ANC won just about every province?
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Why? Because people get the government they deserve. Because the majority of South Africans are, unfortunately, self-destructive masochists who can't learn from their mistakes, probably due to poor education and circumstance that perpetuates this. Because the majority lack political awareness. Because life.
 
Wesleigh said:
Can somebody please explain to me like I'm a 4 year old, why the map is green? Why has ANC won just about every province?
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They have the support of a large majority, possibly due a number of underhanded factors?
 
Wesleigh said:
Can somebody please explain to me like I'm a 4 year old, why the map is green? Why has ANC won just about every province?
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Because that's how its been for the past 20 years, except initially KZN was IFP, and even the Western Cape was "green" at some stage in the mid 2000s
 
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