who votes? preliminary findings from an exit survey of voters in the 2019 national elections - Johannesburg
Marcel Paret
Senior Research Associate, Centre for Social Change, University of Johannesburg
Assistant PRofessor, Sociology Department, University of Utah
Carin Runciman
Associate Professor, Centre for Social Change, University of Johannesburg
INTRODUCTION
On 8 May 2019, South Africans went to the polls to vote in the sixth national election
of the democratic era. THe election was a test of strength for the ruling African
National Congress (ANC), which saw declining electroal support over the previous decade.
After rising from 62.6 percent in 1994, to 66.4 percent in 1999 and 69.7 percent in
2004, support for the ANC dipped back down to 65.9 percent in 2009 and 62.2 percent
in 2014.
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