Bulawayo, (New Ziana)-A new survey has found that the ruling Zanu PF party would win in most parts of the country if harmonized elections were to be held today, beating the fractured opposition Citizens Coalition for Change.
The survey, which the Mass Public Opinion Institute (MPOI) conducted from June 1-15 this year, covering rural and urban locations in the different provinces and focusing on citizens’ priorities and views on matters of national importance, shows that Zanu PF would attract 61 percent of the vote in Masvingo compared to 9 percent for the two opposition Citizens Coalition for Change factions.
The survey further indicates that Zanu PF will attract 57 and 50 percent of voters in Mashonaland Central and Mashonaland East respectively. It shows that in Mashonaland West, Zanu PF will attract 44 percent, the Nelson Chamisa-aligned CCC 13 percent while the Welshman Ncube and allies CCC will get a paltry 7 percent.
In Manicaland, the survey found that Zanu PF will win by 44 percent followed by the Chamisa-aligned CCC with 11 percent, and the other CCC faction will manage a paltry 8 percent.
“In Manicaland, 11 percent said they will not vote while 28 percent refused to answer,” said Simangele Moyo Nyoni, the MPOI chief research officer while presenting the findings.
“In (the) Midlands, the ruling party will garner 40 percent while Chamisa aligned and CCC will attract 12 and 11 percent respectively. At least 6 percent said they will not vote while 38 percent refused to answer,” he said.
The survey also indicated that in Harare province, Zanu PF will win by 32 percent while the Chamisa-aligned CCC will trail behind with 19 percent and the Welshman Ncube CCC will come a distant third with 5 percent. At least 4 percent said they will not vote while 38 percent refused to answer in Harare.
In Bulawayo, Matabeleland South and Matabeleland North, Nyoni said Zanu PF will garner 22 percent, Chamisa aligned CCC 23 percent while the other CCC will garner a paltry five percent.
The same survey shows that more than 8 in 10 Zimbabweans (85 percent) say they prefer democracy to any other kind of government while strong majorities rejected one-man rule (88 percent), one-party rule (72 percent), and military rule (72 percent). Before the August 23 last year harmonised polls, MPOI predicted that Zanu PF would romp to a landslide victory.
President Mnangagwa later won by 52.6 percent of the vote compared to 44 percent for main challenger Chamisa, whose party performed dismally in the Parliamentary part of the polls, handing Zanu PF a two-majority. Political analysts said President Mnangagwa remains the people`s favourate after fulfilling most of his August 23 election promises.
Since his first election in 2018 and re-election for a second term in August last year, President Mnangagwa has given Zimbabweans tangible results in many areas after decades of economic stagnation with bridges, roads, dams and electricity infrastructure being constructed throughout the country.
He has also scored record outputs in agriculture with bumper wheat, tobacco and maize harvests.
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