Tsvangirai has 66 percent popularity rating
By Fortune Tazvida
Prime Minister Morgan is expected to romp to victory by a 66 percent margin if a presidential election was called now. According to an online poll of Nehanda Radio.com readers, the MDC-T leader remains the country’s most popular party leader. His closest challenger is Robert Mugabe who got 17 percent of the votes.
In third place was former Finance Minister and now Mavambo Kusile Dawn party leader Simba Makoni. Fourth was Welshman Ncube who leads the smaller MDC faction, fifth was Job Sikhala leader of the breakaway MDC-99 faction. ZAPU leader Dumiso Dabengwa came sixth while Arthur Mutambara came last (7th).
Below is a breakdown of the votes as at Thursday 15 March 2012 at 17:00 (GMT).
Rank |
Leader |
Party |
Online votes |
Percentage |
1 |
Morgan Tsvangirai |
MDC-T |
2464 |
66% |
2 |
Robert Mugabe |
Zanu PF |
642 |
17% |
3 |
Simba Makoni |
Mavambo |
323 |
9% |
4 |
Welshman Ncube |
MDC-N |
117 |
3% |
5 |
Job Sikhala |
MDC-99 |
99 |
3% |
6 |
Dumiso Dabengwa |
Zapu |
74 |
2% |
7 |
Arthur Mutambara |
MDC-M |
40 |
0% |
The poll is designed to allow readers a chance to vote once and blocks any computer IP addresses that have already voted. So far 3760 readers have cast their votes and we encourage more to continue doing so. Nehanda Radio.com
