The Elections Thread - 7 May 2014

[Wyzak]

ok. my point. you still aren't getting it.



ding ding. chicken dinner, we have a winner. this is what i meant. get the anc out as the ruling party, and then worry about getting your own party in there. baby steps.

You are missing the point of what 2012 is saying. He is saying the first priority is to get the ANC below 60% by voting for anybody else. And only thereafter worrying more about which party you vote for.

 

[Falco]

You are missing the point of what 2012 is saying. He is saying the first priority is to get the ANC below 60% by voting for anybody else. And only thereafter worrying more about which party you vote for.

fanie does have a point, but more on provincial level and district level. If you only had the 2 parties DA would win more districts and maybe even a province extra

 

[Wyzak]

fanie does have a point, but more on provincial level and district level. If you only had the 2 parties DA would win more districts and maybe even a province extra

Yes true, but you are denying those voters the right to choose a party that is a better personal fit for them. If the DA (replace with any other party name) wants those votes it should earn them.

 

[Hamster]

ding ding. chicken dinner, we have a winner. this is what i meant. get the anc out as the ruling party, and then worry about getting your own party in there. baby steps.

This is how I decided my vote as well. But, if everybody does this all these smaller parties will die out and when the time comes you'll sit with the two giants and nobody else.

 

[Hamster]

It's interesting to note that when looking at the Gauteng election map (on news24) the heavier urban areas (along the N1 if I am not mistaken) has gone DA but the far reaches of Gauteng still shows strong support for the ANC. And those are the people that are always protesting about service delivery or striking or getting shot by police etc.

 

[faniebraai]

fanie does have a point, but more on provincial level and district level. If you only had the 2 parties DA would win more districts and maybe even a province extra

Yes true, but you are denying those voters the right to choose a party that is a better personal fit for them. If the DA (replace with any other party name) wants those votes it should earn them.

why not do both at the same time. get their majority down and get them out as the ruling party. scattered votes across 20 parties vs 1 big one, is not a good thing if you want to get the big 1 to not be the ruler.

 

[AstroTurf]

I See that so far DA has around 60% of votes in Pretoria.
I will be amazed if this result stays till the end.

 

[semaphore]

Ouch ANC 2/3rds here they come.

 

[2026]

I See that so far DA has around 60% of votes in Pretoria.
I will be amazed if this result stays till the end.

Happened last time, then towards the end of the day a sudden surge of votes come in (I suspect it's because "informal settlements" have higher population density, so their wards take longer to count)

 

[Priapus]

So I think 4 million votes have been counted or so. Last elections there were around 13 million votes counted. So we are still very early into the counting still.

 

[2026]

So I think 4 million votes have been counted or so. Last elections there were around 13 million votes counted. So we are still very early into the counting still.

It was 17 million at last national elections.

 

[Priapus]

It was 17 million at last national elections.

I stand corrected. Thanks.

 

[Garson007]

SABC is already predicting 260 seats for the ANC.

 

[semaphore]

SABC is already predicting 260 seats for the ANC.

Zuma will get his new jet after all.

 

[Noseworthy]

Yup Australia here I come

 

[Fulcrum29]

Yup Australia here I come

Why Australia?

 

[Noseworthy]

Dunno. Its just an option and my career is fine there. The design field is big.

 

[Vrotappel]

So the ANC with EFF will have more than 66%. Malema can easily be bribed with shiny things.

 

[AstroTurf]

So the ANC with EFF will have more than 66%. Malema can easily be bribed with shiny things.

I'm pretty sure that was the idea from the start.

EFF Was spawned in some ANC meeting.

 

[Fulcrum29]

Dunno. Its just an option and my career is fine there. The design field is big.

I have the opportunity right now to move everything to Canada and/or the Cayman's, this is considered as options in my books. However, showing positive growth here, won't make me leave, but expansion on the other hand.