2024 South African general election, 29 May:

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Is there any reason why an ANC-EFF coalition would be unlikely? I know EFF split off from ANC, but I think ANC would be a better ideological match than DA or especially VF+.

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If people like to do who should you vote for tests

https://mg.co.za/quiz/2024-04-18-party-policy-quiz/

8 African National Congress
7 Umkhonto we Sizwe
5 Economic Freedom Fighters
4 Rise Mzansi
3 Action SA
3 African Transformation Movement
2 Democratic Alliance
2 Freedom Front Plus
1 Inkatha Freedom Party
1 Patriotic Alliance

Interesting; for as much as I admire Nelson Mandela, I can’t say I would vote for today’s ANC. Maybe the DA? EFF, IFP, ATM, PA, and FF+ are a definite no. MK might be the worst of the bunch. Action SA doesn’t seem that great. Rise Mzansi doesn’t seem too bad, but I don’t know that much about them beyond this thread and their Wiki article.

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And we have a new poll out today as well. This of course included Zuma's party. ANC still under 50% but with a slight bounce compared to that Ipsos poll.

https://www.enca.com/videos/2024-elections-latest-enca-poll-puts-ancs-support-434

Is MK a one man show, or are there other well-known people that could basically be figureheads for Zuma?

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Polls close in just over an hour. (9 PM Local, 3 PM Eastern, Noon Pacific)

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We will be waiting for a while.
https://twitter.com/DawieScholtz/status/1795891052726919395

Living in the west coast of the US is always nice for elections like this. Granted, at the rate it sounds like, there might not be much until tomorrow morning my time.