In line with the IRR’s objective to become an authority on political market research, the Institute has undertaken a “snap-poll”, focusing exclusively on party political support, to supplement the IRR’s first full survey on the electoral landscape, carried out in September 2018.

The IRR “snap-poll” was in the field during the last week of November and the first week of December 2018. It comprised three sets of questions: Voting intention, party favourability (ANC, DA, EFF) and, finally, a question on the strength of support for Patricia De Lille’s proposed new political party, when forced to choose between it and the four biggest political parties.

The IRR will undertake a full political survey every quarter. The next such full quarterly survey will be conducted in February 2019, ahead of the May 2019 election.

What follows is a two-part summary of the key political findings in the IRR December “snap poll”: Part A comprises an objective overview of the data and what it says. Part B comprises the IRR’s own analysis of those findings and some of what it believes are the key insights to be drawn from them.

Report by the Institute of Race Relations