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Support for Political Parties
The year 2024 is notable for the large number of national elections planned worldwide. Seven out of the ten most populous countries will go to the polls during this year, namely Bangladesh, India, United States of America, Indonesia, Pakistan, Russia, and Mexico, with the result that almost half of the world’s inhabitants will have the opportunity to play a role in selecting the leadership of their countries going forward.
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Possible political party choices in the 2024 election
Indications are that a record number of political parties will participate in next year’s National and Provincial elections. They will also for the first time be joined by independent candidates.
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South Africans unsure of what to expect in 2020
To many South Africans, it would seem as if 2020 is likely to bring “more of the same” - drought, economic woes and a low growth rate, political uncertainty and squabbling within and between political parties, load shedding and concerns about unemployment. So, it is no surprise that South Africans view the year ahead with trepidation. However, not everyone feels the same and although working and non-working people are almost unanimous in their views, younger South Africans are more optimistic than older people, and political party allegiance does make a difference to views on the future.
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Popular Opinions about our 3 biggest parties
A number of South African voters are still deciding which party to vote for in the national and provincial elections and it is clear that opinions about the three biggest parties differ widely. For some perspective we can look the most popular opinions about each, expressed in the latest Ipsos Pulse of the People™.
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Views on the South African economy: Hope or despair?
South Africans concerned about service delivery, job creation and governement’s management of the economy, according to Ipsos’s Pulse of the People.
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Race Relations in South Africa: Poll
Incidents of racism regularly make headlines in South Africa, politicians blame each other of racism and civil actions are described as "racist"… but how do South Africans of different race groups feel about each other? How do they interpret the headlines? And how do they see the future of our multiracial country?
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South Africans and the Economy: 3 in every 10 believe that their families will be better off in a year's time
Three in every ten adult South Africans believe things will take a turn for the better in the next year, while just over half believe that things will be about the same and a further two in every ten think that their families will be worse off in a year's time.