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Visualisation of the key questions we should be asking about the election results, and what we're not told.
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What the election resultsdon’t tell us
#LGE2011
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Population 49.9 million
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Does the election reallyrepresent all these people?
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Ineligible (age)
Eligible to vote ≈ 30 million
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Unregistered 6.3 million
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Didn’t vote 10 million
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Voter turnout 13.6 million
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ANC votes62% of voter turnout
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“Landslidevictory”
ANC votes62% of voter turnout
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“Landslidevictory”
?
ANC votes62% of voter turnout36% of registered votes
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“Landslidevictory”
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ANC votes62% of voter turnout36% of registered votes28% of eligible votes
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No votes
Individual taxpayers
Internet users
A bit of perspective on how many didn’t vote
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No votes
Individual taxpayers
Internet users
A bit of perspective on how many didn’t vote
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No votes
Individual taxpayers
Internet users
A bit of perspective on how many didn’t vote
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No votes
Individual taxpayers
Internet users
Not registered to vote
A bit of perspective on how many didn’t vote
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No votes
Individual taxpayers
Internet users
Not registered to vote
Registered to vote,but didn’t vote
A bit of perspective on how many didn’t vote
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No votes
Individual taxpayers
Internet users
Not registered to vote
Registered to vote,but didn’t vote
16.3m people!
A bit of perspective on how many didn’t vote
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ANC DA Other Spoilt vote
In the end, what we saw was the ANC’s “landslide victory”
8.4 million
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But are we asking the rightquestions about the results?
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Didn't vote ANC DA Other Spoilt vote(registered)
If those who didn’t vote had beenable to vote for “none of the above”would we even have local government?
10 million
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Didn't ANC Not DA Other Spoilt vote
vote registered
6.3 million
Does anybody really know what those people who can’t/won’t register actually want?
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Ineligible (age)
And can the current government electmake decisions in the best interests of
20 million future voters?
Winning vote= 17% of total
population
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Maybe we’re on the right track,And maybe we’re not.
Either way, there are a lot of different questions we need tobe asking.
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• Sources:– Independent Electoral Commission of South Africa– Statistics South Africa (Stats SA)– South Africa flag image – original source unknown
