A Senior Lecturer of the University of Ghana (Legon), Dr. Isaac Owusu-Mensah, has revealed that it is much more difficult for the National Democratic Congress (NDC) to win elections in Ghana, compared to the New Patriotic Party (NPP).
He explained that per the demographical map of Ghana, it is very difficult for the NDC to win elections, as far as those who vote and do not vote for the NDC are concerned. On this score, Dr. Owusu-Mensah has admonished the NDC not to take the masses for granted, and govern Ghana well, when they are voted into power.
Dr. Owusu-Mensah, a lead researcher who predicted a 52 per cent win for the NPP before the December 7 polls, was vilified by the NDC for forecasting a win for the NPP, and stressed that regardless of the magnitude of the NDC campaign, they were going to lose the December elections.
He, however, stressed that he knew the NPP will win, but he never thought the NPP could pull 53 percent of the total votes cast.
Speaking on Kumasi-based Fox FM morning show, he revealed: “During our research, 83% of people we spoke with told us that they had taken the decision to vote, and who their choice was six months away from the elections.
In elections where Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo of the opposition NPP pummeled
incumbent John Dramani Mahama, recording 53.85 per cent of total votes cast, while the sitting President had 44.40 per cent, the blame game is the order of the day in the umbrella party.
He attributed the historical electoral defeat of the NDC in the December 7 polls to the scrapping off of teacher trainees’ allowances.
He also said the utterances of the NDC caused their defeat, stressing that their style of communication contributed to their defeat.
According to the academician, during the registration of new voters into the voter’s register, the Ashanti and Eastern regions had 400,770 new voters out of the 1,800,000, and if the said regions are able to moblise these people to vote for them, they will cancel the number of votes President Mahama used to beat Nana Addo in the 2012 elections.
In what appears to be a misplaced priority of the John Mahama-led administration, he outlined that the outgoing government spent funds on infrastructure instead of attending to the grievances of the masses.
The varsity don, therefore, urged the outgoing NDC party to re-organise and restructure themselves, since that is the only means they can come back to power.
He also advised the incoming NPP government to tackle the ailing Ghanaian economy to liberate Ghanaians from the shackles of poverty, to consolidate and add to the gains of the Danquah-Busia-Dombo tradition.
Source: The Chronicle�
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the lecturer is right. ndc can never win an election if npp does a good job and remains vigilant with the election process. ndc can only win an election if they rigged it even when ple are complaining about an npp govt. kofi adam confirmed this when he said technology failed them. what kind of technology was he talking about? the EC's electronic transmission of the results that was abandoned? they (ndc) were the ple interfering with the EC's system but for the vigilance of the npp and the media they have to back down. indeed technology will continue to failed them and they will remain in opposition forever.
This Lecturer didn't insult anybody. What has he done to warrant ***barred word*** insult? Please, try to be polite.
Social media and the rural areas whose majority are now discerning will make it difficult for party like NDC whose main strength is propaganda and rural votes to come to power very soon.Of course it also depends on NPP performance on the economy.As for Mahama he will remind Ghanaians of the hardship he brought on Ghanaians especially the infamous Dumsor and massive corruption.NDC should dare not bring him back as 2020 candidate cos they will get same humiliation.
It only happen if npp rules very very well
My lecturer has spoken. He knows his stuff. NPP and NDC henceforth should do the right thing.
USE YOUR BRAIN , THEY ONLY AND ONLY WIN THROUGH RIGGING. ITS A FACT YOU DON'T WANT TO BELIEVE.
ONLY THROUGH RIGGING.
This lecturer is sick. How can you say its difficult for a party who which has been in power for 16 years to win power. What type of weed did you smoke.
please keep quite and deliver your promisses or face our angery faces come 2020. no political party is gruanteed to be wining power. NPP just beawere of your big big promisses we Ghanaians are waiting. stop complaining is too early.