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The Democratic National Congress (NDC) has dismissed the findings in a poll that predicts the PNP’s victory in the upcoming elections.
Sammy Gyamfi, the party’s National Communications Officer, described the polls as mere projections and not as actual determinants of the winners in an election.
“In 2016 Ben Ephson predicted victory for the NDC but we lost. In 2008, the EIU predicted the PNP’s victory, but Professor Mills won, so the polls are not sacrosanct, ”Gyamfi said.
A poll conducted by the Department of Political Science at the University of Ghana predicted a victory for President Akufo-Addo in the upcoming elections on December 7.
According to the polls, NPP will accumulate the majority of the votes cast with 51.7% of the votes in favor of the party.
The poll also predicted that 40.4% of voters will vote for John Dramani Mahama on the NDC ballot.
The research covered 100 intentionally selected constituencies in the 16 regions with 11,949 respondents out of a target of 12,000 in a random sampling form.
In reaction to the poll at the NDC weekly press conference, Sammy Gyamfi questioned the credibility of the poll, alluding to the influence of the national central government.
“Some people were influenced by the PNP politicians. They sat in the confines of their offices and generated a report that is what has been published. That is the information we have, ”said Mr. Gyamfi.
“Assuming without admitting that this survey was authentic and well done, it is just a survey. Even if what they have done is a good research work, it does not necessarily mean that it will be fulfilled because the surveys are not sacrosanct, “he said.
