ID COULD GET 10% OF THE VOTE - POLL
2004-04-08. Patricia De Lille is optimistic - and she has every reason to be.
An independent poll conducted by research company, Markdata, has shown
that her party, the Independent Democrats, could get up to 10 percent
of the national vote.
The Democratic Alliance immediately hit back, calling the figures "Patricia de Lille's fantasies".
The survey, conducted towards the end of February, sampled 2 300 respondents in all provinces in both rural and urban areas. Asked whether they admired and would vote for De Lille, eight percent of those polled responded positively. A further 13 percent said that although they admired De Lille, their vote was still undecided.
Releasing the findings of the survey on Wednesday, De Lille said the party was inclined to believe that enough of the undecided voters would cast their votes for the ID, giving them 10 percent of the national ballot.
This, she said, would secure her party between 25 and 30 seats in parliament.
Markdata director Laurie Schlemmer said De Lille had interpreted their survey, which will be released in full on Thursday, to mean that a percentage of those still undecided would vote for her. This was completely legitimate, he said.
The party was formed in March 2003 and De Lille said they already had 62 000 signed up members.
The Democratic Alliance immediately hit back, calling the figures "Patricia de Lille's fantasies".
The survey, conducted towards the end of February, sampled 2 300 respondents in all provinces in both rural and urban areas. Asked whether they admired and would vote for De Lille, eight percent of those polled responded positively. A further 13 percent said that although they admired De Lille, their vote was still undecided.
Releasing the findings of the survey on Wednesday, De Lille said the party was inclined to believe that enough of the undecided voters would cast their votes for the ID, giving them 10 percent of the national ballot.
This, she said, would secure her party between 25 and 30 seats in parliament.
Markdata director Laurie Schlemmer said De Lille had interpreted their survey, which will be released in full on Thursday, to mean that a percentage of those still undecided would vote for her. This was completely legitimate, he said.
The party was formed in March 2003 and De Lille said they already had 62 000 signed up members.
